I Love Kanjiこしらえる (koshiraeru)
こしらえる is a Japanese verb meaning “to make; to manufacture”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こしらえる
- Romaji
- koshiraeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to make; to manufacture; to fabricate · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to build; to construct · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to prepare; to get ready; to make (in advance) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to dress (oneself in); to dress up (in); to put on (one's makeup, a dress, etc.); to adorn (oneself in) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to raise money (for); to gather (a sum); to save up; to incur (a debt) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of こしらえる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | こしらえる | こしらえる koshiraeru |
| Polite (~masu) | こしらえます | こしらえます koshiraemasu |
| Negative | こしらえない | こしらえない koshiraenai |
| Polite negative | こしらえません | こしらえません koshiraemasen |
| Past | こしらえた | こしらえた koshiraeta |
| Polite past | こしらえました | こしらえました koshiraemashita |
| Negative past | こしらえなかった | こしらえなかった koshiraenakatta |
| Te-form | こしらえて | こしらえて koshiraete |
| Potential | こしらえられる | こしらえられる koshiraerareru |
| Passive | こしらえられる | こしらえられる koshiraerareru |
| Causative | こしらえさせる | こしらえさせる koshiraesaseru |
| Volitional | こしらえよう | こしらえよう koshiraeyou |
| Imperative | こしらえろ | こしらえろ koshiraero |
| Conditional (~ba) | こしらえれば | こしらえれば koshiraereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1567390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.