I Love Kanjiくださる (kudasaru)
くださる is a Japanese verb meaning “to give; to confer”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くださる
- Romaji
- kudasaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (honorific -aru)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to give; to confer; to bestow · godan verb (honorific), transitive · honorific, usually written in kana
- to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor · godan verb (honorific), transitive · honorific, usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of くださる
Godan verb (honorific -aru). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | くださる | くださる kudasaru |
| Polite (~masu) | くださいます | くださいます kudasaimasu |
| Negative | くださらない | くださらない kudasaranai |
| Polite negative | くださいません | くださいません kudasaimasen |
| Past | くださった | くださった kudasatta |
| Polite past | くださいました | くださいました kudasaimashita |
| Negative past | くださらなかった | くださらなかった kudasaranakatta |
| Te-form | くださって | くださって kudasatte |
| Passive | くださられる | くださられる kudasarareru |
| Causative | くださらせる | くださらせる kudasaraseru |
| Volitional | くださろう | くださろう kudasarou |
| Imperative | ください | ください kudasai |
| Conditional (~ba) | くだされば | くだされば kudasareba |
Source: JMdict entry 1184280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.