和える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
和
あ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
韲える

Pronunciation

Verb

和(あ)える • (aeru) ←あへる (aferu)?transitive ichidan (stem 和(あ)え (ae), past 和(あ)えた (aeta))

  1. dress, add dressing to food
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      青(あお)菜(な)をゴマで和(あ)える
      Aona o goma de aeru
      Dress the greens with sesame
    • 1903, 村井弦斎, 食道楽 秋の巻‎, 青空文庫:
      冬(とう)瓜(がん)の湯(ゆ)煮(で)たのを胡(ご)麻(ま)酢(ず)で和(あ)えてもようございますし、葛(くず)をかけて葛(くず)掛(か)けにしても食(た)べられます
      Tōgan no yudeta no o gomazu de aete mo yō gozaimasu shi, kuzu o kakete kuzukake ni shite mo taberaremasu
      You can dress boiled wax gourds with sesame vinegar, and you can also cover them in kudzu and eat them as a kudzu sauce dish.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "和える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 和え あえ ae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 和え あえ ae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 和える あえる aeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 和える あえる aeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 和えれ あえれ aere
Meireikei ("imperative") 和えよ¹
和えろ² 		あえよ¹
あえろ² 		aeyo¹
aero²
Key constructions
Passive 和えられる あえられる aerareru
Causative 和えさせる
和えさす 		あえさせる
あえさす 		aesaseru
aesasu
Potential 和えられる
和えれる³ 		あえられる
あえれる³ 		aerareru
aereru³
Volitional 和えよう あえよう aeyō
Negative 和えない
和えぬ
和えん 		あえない
あえぬ
あえん 		aenai
aenu
aen
Negative continuative 和えず あえず aezu
Formal 和えます あえます aemasu
Perfective 和えた あえた aeta
Conjunctive 和えて あえて aete
Hypothetical conditional 和えれば あえれば aereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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