I Love Kanji仕える (tsukaeru)
仕える (つかえる, tsukaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to serve; to work for”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つかえる
- Romaji
- tsukaeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to serve; to work for; to attend · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 仕える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 仕える | つかえる tsukaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 仕えます | つかえます tsukaemasu |
| Negative | 仕えない | つかえない tsukaenai |
| Polite negative | 仕えません | つかえません tsukaemasen |
| Past | 仕えた | つかえた tsukaeta |
| Polite past | 仕えました | つかえました tsukaemashita |
| Negative past | 仕えなかった | つかえなかった tsukaenakatta |
| Te-form | 仕えて | つかえて tsukaete |
| Potential | 仕えられる | つかえられる tsukaerareru |
| Passive | 仕えられる | つかえられる tsukaerareru |
| Causative | 仕えさせる | つかえさせる tsukaesaseru |
| Volitional | 仕えよう | つかえよう tsukaeyou |
| Imperative | 仕えろ | つかえろ tsukaero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 仕えれば | つかえれば tsukaereba |
Kanji in 仕える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 仕える.
仕事しごとwork仕方しかたway仕様しようway仕方がないしかたがないthere's no (other) way仕上がるしあがるto be finished仕上しあげfinish仕掛しかけdevice仕組しくみstructure奉仕ほうしservice仕上がりしあがりfinish仕上げるしあげるto finish up仕入れるしいれるto buy (stock, materials, etc.)仕掛けるしかけるto start仕立てるしたてるto tailor
Source: JMdict entry 1304760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.