I Love Kanji咥える (kuwaeru)
咥える (くわえる, kuwaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hold in one's mouth”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- くわえる
- Romaji
- kuwaeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to hold in one's mouth · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to bring with; to take along · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 咥える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 咥える | くわえる kuwaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 咥えます | くわえます kuwaemasu |
| Negative | 咥えない | くわえない kuwaenai |
| Polite negative | 咥えません | くわえません kuwaemasen |
| Past | 咥えた | くわえた kuwaeta |
| Polite past | 咥えました | くわえました kuwaemashita |
| Negative past | 咥えなかった | くわえなかった kuwaenakatta |
| Te-form | 咥えて | くわえて kuwaete |
| Potential | 咥えられる | くわえられる kuwaerareru |
| Passive | 咥えられる | くわえられる kuwaerareru |
| Causative | 咥えさせる | くわえさせる kuwaesaseru |
| Volitional | 咥えよう | くわえよう kuwaeyou |
| Imperative | 咥えろ | くわえろ kuwaero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 咥えれば | くわえれば kuwaereba |
Kanji in 咥える
Source: JMdict entry 1609730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.