I Love Kanji合わす (awasu)
合わす (あわす, awasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あわす
- Romaji
- awasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
- to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up · godan verb, transitive
- to face; to be opposite (someone) · godan verb, transitive
- to compare; to check with · godan verb, transitive
- to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 合わす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 合わす | あわす awasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 合わします | あわします awashimasu |
| Negative | 合わさない | あわさない awasanai |
| Polite negative | 合わしません | あわしません awashimasen |
| Past | 合わした | あわした awashita |
| Polite past | 合わしました | あわしました awashimashita |
| Negative past | 合わさなかった | あわさなかった awasanakatta |
| Te-form | 合わして | あわして awashite |
| Potential | 合わせる | あわせる awaseru |
| Passive | 合わされる | あわされる awasareru |
| Causative | 合わさせる | あわさせる awasaseru |
| Volitional | 合わそう | あわそう awasou |
| Imperative | 合わせ | あわせ awase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 合わせば | あわせば awaseba |
Kanji in 合わす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 合わす.
場合ばあいcase試合しあいmatch都合つごうcircumstances具合ぐあいcondition割合わりあいrate合うあうto come together間に合うまにあうto be in time (for)合図あいずsign会合かいごうmeeting組合くみあいassociation合格ごうかくpassing (an exam)合計ごうけいsum total知合いしりあいacquaintance付合うつきあうto associate with
Source: JMdict entry 1284460 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.