I Love Kanji合わせる (awaseru)
合わせる (あわせる, awaseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あわせる
- Romaji
- awaseru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up · ichidan verb, transitive
- to face; to be opposite (someone) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to compare; to check with · ichidan verb, transitive
- to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 合わせる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 合わせる | あわせる awaseru |
| Polite (~masu) | 合わせます | あわせます awasemasu |
| Negative | 合わせない | あわせない awasenai |
| Polite negative | 合わせません | あわせません awasemasen |
| Past | 合わせた | あわせた awaseta |
| Polite past | 合わせました | あわせました awasemashita |
| Negative past | 合わせなかった | あわせなかった awasenakatta |
| Te-form | 合わせて | あわせて awasete |
| Potential | 合わせられる | あわせられる awaserareru |
| Passive | 合わせられる | あわせられる awaserareru |
| Causative | 合わせさせる | あわせさせる awasesaseru |
| Volitional | 合わせよう | あわせよう awaseyou |
| Imperative | 合わせろ | あわせろ awasero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 合わせれば | あわせれば awasereba |
Kanji in 合わせる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 合わせる.
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 1284480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.