I Love Kanji退ける (dokeru)
退ける (どける, dokeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- どける
- Romaji
- dokeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 退ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 退ける | どける dokeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 退けます | どけます dokemasu |
| Negative | 退けない | どけない dokenai |
| Polite negative | 退けません | どけません dokemasen |
| Past | 退けた | どけた doketa |
| Polite past | 退けました | どけました dokemashita |
| Negative past | 退けなかった | どけなかった dokenakatta |
| Te-form | 退けて | どけて dokete |
| Potential | 退けられる | どけられる dokerareru |
| Passive | 退けられる | どけられる dokerareru |
| Causative | 退けさせる | どけさせる dokesaseru |
| Volitional | 退けよう | どけよう dokeyou |
| Imperative | 退けろ | どけろ dokero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 退ければ | どければ dokereba |
Kanji in 退ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 退ける.
退院たいいんleaving hospital引退いんたいretirement退屈たいくつtedious退くどくto step aside辞退じたいdeclining退学たいがくdropping out of school後退こうたいretreat退治たいじextermination退職たいしょくretirement脱退だったいwithdrawal (e.g. from an organization)退化たいかdegeneration
Source: JMdict entry 2850084 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.