JLPT N1 · Verb

名付ける (nazukeru)

名付ける (なづける, nazukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to name; to call”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なづける
Romaji
nazukeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to name; to call; to christen; to term · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼女は子猫をジャガーと名付けた。
She called the kitten "Jaguar".

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 名付ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary名付けるなづける nazukeru
Polite (~masu)名付けますなづけます nazukemasu
Negative名付けないなづけない nazukenai
Polite negative名付けませんなづけません nazukemasen
Past名付けたなづけた nazuketa
Polite past名付けましたなづけました nazukemashita
Negative past名付けなかったなづけなかった nazukenakatta
Te-form名付けてなづけて nazukete
Potential名付けられるなづけられる nazukerareru
Passive名付けられるなづけられる nazukerareru
Causative名付けさせるなづけさせる nazukesaseru
Volitional名付けようなづけよう nazukeyou
Imperative名付けろなづけろ nazukero
Conditional (~ba)名付ければなづければ nazukereba

Kanji in 名付ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 名付ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1531790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.