支える

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ささ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(ささ)える (sasaeruささへる (sasaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem (ささ) (sasae), past (ささ)えた (sasaeta))

  1. support
    チーム()(だい)(ぼね)(ささ)える
    chīmu no yadaibone o sasaeru
    to support the foundation of the team
  2. hold in check
  3. provide for, maintain, support
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
つか
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
閊える
痞える

Pronunciation

Verb

(つか)える (tsukaeruつかへる (tukaferu)?intransitive ichidan (stem (つか) (tsukae), past (つか)えた (tsukaeta))

  1. get stuck, get jammed
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
障える

Pronunciation

Verb

()える (saeruintransitive ichidan (stem () (sae), past ()えた (saeta))

  1. interfere with, obstruct
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN