JLPT N1 · Verb

おだてる (odateru)

おだてる is a Japanese verb meaning “to flatter; to soft-soap”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
おだてる
Romaji
odateru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

まず彼をおだてておいたほうがいいですよ。
You had better try buttering him up first.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of おだてる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryおだてるおだてる odateru
Polite (~masu)おだてますおだてます odatemasu
Negativeおだてないおだてない odatenai
Polite negativeおだてませんおだてません odatemasen
Pastおだてたおだてた odateta
Polite pastおだてましたおだてました odatemashita
Negative pastおだてなかったおだてなかった odatenakatta
Te-formおだてておだてて odatete
Potentialおだてられるおだてられる odaterareru
Passiveおだてられるおだてられる odaterareru
Causativeおだてさせるおだてさせる odatesaseru
Volitionalおだてようおだてよう odateyou
Imperativeおだてろおだてろ odatero
Conditional (~ba)おだてればおだてれば odatereba

Source: JMdict entry 1391600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.