JLPT N1 · Verb

唱える (tonaeru)

唱える (となえる, tonaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to recite; to chant”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
となえる
Romaji
tonaeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to recite; to chant · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to cry; to yell; to shout · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to advocate; to advance; to preach; to insist · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は減税を唱えた。
He advocated reduction of taxes.

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

Conjugation of 唱える

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary唱えるとなえる tonaeru
Polite (~masu)唱えますとなえます tonaemasu
Negative唱えないとなえない tonaenai
Polite negative唱えませんとなえません tonaemasen
Past唱えたとなえた tonaeta
Polite past唱えましたとなえました tonaemashita
Negative past唱えなかったとなえなかった tonaenakatta
Te-form唱えてとなえて tonaete
Potential唱えられるとなえられる tonaerareru
Passive唱えられるとなえられる tonaerareru
Causative唱えさせるとなえさせる tonaesaseru
Volitional唱えようとなえよう tonaeyou
Imperative唱えろとなえろ tonaero
Conditional (~ba)唱えればとなえれば tonaereba

Kanji in 唱える

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 唱える.

Source: JMdict entry 1347490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.