JLPT N1 · Verb

設ける (moukeru)

設ける (もうける, moukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to prepare; to provide”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
もうける
Romaji
moukeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to prepare; to provide · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to set up; to establish; to organize; to lay down (rules); to make (an excuse) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

イギリスは多くの植民地を設けた。
Britain established many colonies.

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

Conjugation of 設ける

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary設けるもうける moukeru
Polite (~masu)設けますもうけます moukemasu
Negative設けないもうけない moukenai
Polite negative設けませんもうけません moukemasen
Past設けたもうけた mouketa
Polite past設けましたもうけました moukemashita
Negative past設けなかったもうけなかった moukenakatta
Te-form設けてもうけて moukete
Potential設けられるもうけられる moukerareru
Passive設けられるもうけられる moukerareru
Causative設けさせるもうけさせる moukesaseru
Volitional設けようもうけよう moukeyou
Imperative設けろもうけろ moukero
Conditional (~ba)設ければもうければ moukereba

Kanji in 設ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 設ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1386000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.