I Love Kanji蓄える (takuwaeru)
蓄える (たくわえる, takuwaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to store; to save up”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たくわえる
- Romaji
- takuwaeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside · ichidan verb, transitive
- to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to develop (e.g. one's skills) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 蓄える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 蓄える | たくわえる takuwaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 蓄えます | たくわえます takuwaemasu |
| Negative | 蓄えない | たくわえない takuwaenai |
| Polite negative | 蓄えません | たくわえません takuwaemasen |
| Past | 蓄えた | たくわえた takuwaeta |
| Polite past | 蓄えました | たくわえました takuwaemashita |
| Negative past | 蓄えなかった | たくわえなかった takuwaenakatta |
| Te-form | 蓄えて | たくわえて takuwaete |
| Potential | 蓄えられる | たくわえられる takuwaerareru |
| Passive | 蓄えられる | たくわえられる takuwaerareru |
| Causative | 蓄えさせる | たくわえさせる takuwaesaseru |
| Volitional | 蓄えよう | たくわえよう takuwaeyou |
| Imperative | 蓄えろ | たくわえろ takuwaero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 蓄えれば | たくわえれば takuwaereba |
Kanji in 蓄える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 蓄える.
蓄積ちくせきaccumulation貯蓄ちょちくsavings
Source: JMdict entry 1596860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.