据える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From classical shimo nidan katsuyō verb 据う (suu), possibly parsed as *suwu. In the Muromachi period, there also exists a classical verb 据ゆ (suyu).

Compare 座る (suwaru, sit, intransitive).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "据える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
据える える
Imperative (命令形) 据えろ えろ
Key constructions
Passive 据えられる えられる
Causative 据えさせる えさせる
Potential 据えられる えられる
Volitional 据えよう えよ
Negative 据えない えない
Negative perfective 据えなかった えなかった
Formal 据えます えま
Perfective 据えた えた
Conjunctive 据えて えて
Hypothetical conditional 据えれば えれ

Verb

()える (sueruすゑる (sweru)?transitive ichidan (stem () (sue), past ()えた (sueta))

Japanese verb pair
active 据える
mediopassive 据わる
  1. (of an object) to place, set (so it cannot be moved)
  2. to lay a foundation
  3. to seat someone
  4. to settle on, focus oneself
  5. to apply moxa
  6. to (place a) seal
    Synonym: 捺印する (natsuin suru)
  7. (of birds, etc.) to perch
  8. to plant, transplant
    Synonym: 植え付ける (uetsukeru)

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN