着せる

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 着せる. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 着せる, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 着せる in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 着せる you have here. The definition of the word 着せる will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of着せる, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
着
き
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「着せる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		着せる きせる
Imperative (命令形) 着せろ きせろ
Key constructions
Passive 着せられる きせられる
Causative 着せさせる きせさせる
Potential 着せられる きせられる
Volitional 着せよう きせよー
Negative 着せない きせない
Negative perfective 着せなかった きせなかった
Formal 着せます きせます
Perfective 着せた きせた
Conjunctive 着せて きせて
Hypothetical conditional 着せれば きせれば

Verb

着(き)せる • (kiseru) transitive ichidan (stem 着(き)せ (kise), past 着(き)せた (kiseta))

Japanese verb pair
active 着せる
mediopassive 着る
  1. to put clothes on someone; to have someone wear clothing
    着物(きもの)を着(き)せてもらう
    kimono o kisete morau
    to have someone wear kimono
    着(き)せやすい服(ふく)
    kise-yasui fuku
    clothes that are easy to dress someone else in
  2. to coat something with a layer; to plate
    銀台(ぎんだい)に金(きん)を着(き)せる
    gindai ni kin o kiseru
    to plate silver with gold
    歯(は)に衣(きぬ)を着(き)せぬ批評(ひひょう)
    ha ni kinu o kisenu hihyō
    a frank criticism
  3. to impose an obligation on someone, often improperly
    罪(つみ)を着(き)せる
    tsumi o kiseru
    to unfairly blame/incriminate someone
    恩(おん)に着(き)せる
    on ni kiseru
    to make others grateful by charity

Conjugation

Conjugation of "着せる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 着せ きせ kise
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 着せ きせ kise
Shūshikei ("terminal") 着せる きせる kiseru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 着せる きせる kiseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 着せれ きせれ kisere
Meireikei ("imperative") 着せよ¹
着せろ² 		きせよ¹
きせろ² 		kiseyo¹
kisero²
Key constructions
Passive 着せられる きせられる kiserareru
Causative 着せさせる
着せさす 		きせさせる
きせさす 		kisesaseru
kisesasu
Potential 着せられる
着せれる³ 		きせられる
きせれる³ 		kiserareru
kisereru³
Volitional 着せよう きせよう kiseyō
Negative 着せない
着せぬ
着せん 		きせない
きせぬ
きせん 		kisenai
kisenu
kisen
Negative continuative 着せず きせず kisezu
Formal 着せます きせます kisemasu
Perfective 着せた きせた kiseta
Conjunctive 着せて きせて kisete
Hypothetical conditional 着せれば きせれば kisereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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