I Love Kanji預ける (azukeru)
預ける (あずける, azukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あずける
- Romaji
- azukeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to place (in someone's custody); to entrust (someone) with; to deposit · ichidan verb, transitive
- to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to let (someone) decide · ichidan verb, transitive
- to lean on; to put one's weight on · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
あなたが先に帰ってくるといけないので、お隣に鍵を預けておきます。
I'll leave a key with my next-door neighbour in case you get here before I do.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 預ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 預ける | あずける azukeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 預けます | あずけます azukemasu |
| Negative | 預けない | あずけない azukenai |
| Polite negative | 預けません | あずけません azukemasen |
| Past | 預けた | あずけた azuketa |
| Polite past | 預けました | あずけました azukemashita |
| Negative past | 預けなかった | あずけなかった azukenakatta |
| Te-form | 預けて | あずけて azukete |
| Potential | 預けられる | あずけられる azukerareru |
| Passive | 預けられる | あずけられる azukerareru |
| Causative | 預けさせる | あずけさせる azukesaseru |
| Volitional | 預けよう | あずけよう azukeyou |
| Imperative | 預けろ | あずけろ azukero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 預ければ | あずければ azukereba |
Kanji in 預ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 預ける.
Source: JMdict entry 1544990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.