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Japanese
Etymology
Cognate with 備える (sonaeru).
Pronunciation
Verb
供える • (sonaeru) ←そなへる (sonaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem 供え (sonae), past 供えた (sonaeta))
- to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate
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- 内陣は天皇陛下が皇祖神とされる天照大神と神々に神饌(神の食事)を供える部屋で、中央に畳表と坂枕、覆衾(絹の布)を重ねた「寝座」が設けられる。
- Naijin wa tennō-heika ga kōsoshin to sareru Amaterasu-ōmikami to kamigami ni shinsen (kami no shokuji) o sonaeru heya de, chūō ni tatami-omote to saka-makura, o-fusuma (kinu no nuno) o kasaneta “shinza” ga mōkerareru.
- The Naijin is a room in which His Imperial Majesty offers shinsen (food for the gods) to Amaterasu-Ōmikami, who is believed to be an ancestral god of the Emperor, and other gods, and in the center is placed a Shinza, made by piling up tatami matting, Sakamakura and Ofusuma (silk cloth).
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- 樹木希林さん(享年75)が眠る東京都港区・光林寺の墓前には、鮮やかなピンク色のチューリップが供えられていた。
- Kiki Kirin-san (kyōnen nanajūgo) ga nemuru Tōkyō-to Minato-ku Kōrin-ji no bozen ni wa, azayaka na pinku iro no chūrippu ga sonaerarete ita.
- Vivid pink tulips were offered in front of the tomb at Kōrin-ji Temple in Minato-ku, Tokyo, where Mrs. Kirin Kiki (died age 75) is buried.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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供え
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そなえ
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sonae
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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供え
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そなえ
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sonae
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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供える
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そなえる
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sonaeru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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供える
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そなえる
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sonaeru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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供えれ
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そなえれ
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sonaere
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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供えよ¹ 供えろ²
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そなえよ¹ そなえろ²
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sonaeyo¹ sonaero²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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供えられる
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そなえられる
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sonaerareru
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Causative
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供えさせる 供えさす
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そなえさせる そなえさす
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sonaesaseru sonaesasu
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Potential
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供えられる 供えれる³
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そなえられる そなえれる³
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sonaerareru sonaereru³
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Volitional
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供えよう
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そなえよう
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sonaeyō
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Negative
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供えない 供えぬ 供えん
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そなえない そなえぬ そなえん
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sonaenai sonaenu sonaen
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Negative continuative
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供えず
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そなえず
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sonaezu
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Formal
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供えます
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そなえます
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sonaemasu
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Perfective
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供えた
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そなえた
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sonaeta
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Conjunctive
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供えて
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そなえて
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sonaete
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Hypothetical conditional
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供えれば
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そなえれば
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sonaereba
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¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential
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References