I Love Kanji加わる (kuwawaru)
加わる (くわわる, kuwawaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be added to; to be appended”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くわわる
- Romaji
- kuwawaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be added to; to be appended · godan verb, intransitive
- to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate · godan verb, intransitive
- to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed) · godan verb, intransitive
- to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure); to be exerted · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 加わる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 加わる | くわわる kuwawaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 加わります | くわわります kuwawarimasu |
| Negative | 加わらない | くわわらない kuwawaranai |
| Polite negative | 加わりません | くわわりません kuwawarimasen |
| Past | 加わった | くわわった kuwawatta |
| Polite past | 加わりました | くわわりました kuwawarimashita |
| Negative past | 加わらなかった | くわわらなかった kuwawaranakatta |
| Te-form | 加わって | くわわって kuwawatte |
| Potential | 加われる | くわわれる kuwawareru |
| Passive | 加わられる | くわわられる kuwawarareru |
| Causative | 加わらせる | くわわらせる kuwawaraseru |
| Volitional | 加わろう | くわわろう kuwawarou |
| Imperative | 加われ | くわわれ kuwaware |
| Conditional (~ba) | 加われば | くわわれば kuwawareba |
Kanji in 加わる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 加わる.
参加さんかparticipation加減かげんdegree加味かみseasoning増加ぞうかincrease加えるくわえるto add加速かそくacceleration加熱かねつheating追加ついかaddition加速度かそくどacceleration加工かこうmanufacturing加入かにゅうjoining (a club, organization, etc.)いい加減いいかげんirresponsible付け加えるつけくわえるto add (one thing to another)
Source: JMdict entry 1189980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.