I Love Kanji妨げる (samatageru)
妨げる (さまたげる, samatageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to disturb; to prevent”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- さまたげる
- Romaji
- samatageru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 妨げる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 妨げる | さまたげる samatageru |
| Polite (~masu) | 妨げます | さまたげます samatagemasu |
| Negative | 妨げない | さまたげない samatagenai |
| Polite negative | 妨げません | さまたげません samatagemasen |
| Past | 妨げた | さまたげた samatageta |
| Polite past | 妨げました | さまたげました samatagemashita |
| Negative past | 妨げなかった | さまたげなかった samatagenakatta |
| Te-form | 妨げて | さまたげて samatagete |
| Potential | 妨げられる | さまたげられる samatagerareru |
| Passive | 妨げられる | さまたげられる samatagerareru |
| Causative | 妨げさせる | さまたげさせる samatagesaseru |
| Volitional | 妨げよう | さまたげよう samatageyou |
| Imperative | 妨げろ | さまたげろ samatagero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 妨げれば | さまたげれば samatagereba |
Kanji in 妨げる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 妨げる.
Source: JMdict entry 1519120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.