教える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
訓える

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(おし)える (oshieruをしへる (wosiferu)?transitive ichidan (stem (おし) (oshie), past (おし)えた (oshieta))

Japanese verb pair
active 教える
mediopassive 教わる
  1. to inform, to teach, to instruct
    そのゲームの()(かた)(おし)えてください。
    Sono gēmu no shikata o oshiete kudasai.
    Teach me how to play this game.
    (えい)()(おし)える
    Eigo o oshieru.
    To teach English.
  2. to tell
    (わたし)(きみ)()(まえ)(おし)えてください。
    Watashi ni kimi no namae o oshiete kudasai.
    Please tell me your name.
    (ほん)(とう)のことを(おし)えて
    Hontō no koto o oshiete.
    Tell me the truth.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 おし・える[をしへる] 【教・訓】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN