教える

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おしえる [òshíérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɕie̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 背(せ)中(なか)で教(おし)える (senaka de oshieru, “to teach by example; to teach by showing”, literally “to teach with one's back”)

References

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