I Love Kanji近付ける (chikazukeru)
近付ける (ちかづける, chikazukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to bring near; to bring close”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちかづける
- Romaji
- chikazukeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to bring near; to bring close; to let go near · ichidan verb, transitive
- to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 近付ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 近付ける | ちかづける chikazukeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 近付けます | ちかづけます chikazukemasu |
| Negative | 近付けない | ちかづけない chikazukenai |
| Polite negative | 近付けません | ちかづけません chikazukemasen |
| Past | 近付けた | ちかづけた chikazuketa |
| Polite past | 近付けました | ちかづけました chikazukemashita |
| Negative past | 近付けなかった | ちかづけなかった chikazukenakatta |
| Te-form | 近付けて | ちかづけて chikazukete |
| Potential | 近付けられる | ちかづけられる chikazukerareru |
| Passive | 近付けられる | ちかづけられる chikazukerareru |
| Causative | 近付けさせる | ちかづけさせる chikazukesaseru |
| Volitional | 近付けよう | ちかづけよう chikazukeyou |
| Imperative | 近付けろ | ちかづけろ chikazukero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 近付ければ | ちかづければ chikazukereba |
Kanji in 近付ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 近付ける.
近いちかいnear近くちかくnear最近さいきんrecently近所きんじょneighbourhood近代きんだいpresent day近視きんしmyopia近頃ちかごろlately接近せっきんgetting closer近々ちかぢかsoon付近ふきんneighborhood近寄るちかよるto approach近眼きんがんnearsightedness近郊きんこうoutskirts身近みぢかnear oneself
Source: JMdict entry 1242520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.