植え付ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
植 付
う
Grade: 3
つ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 植え (ue, “to plant, the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 植(う)える (ueru)”) +‎ 付ける (tsukeru, “to attach”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うえつけ​る [ùétsúkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞t͡sɨᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

植(う)え付(つ)ける • (uetsukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 植(う)え付(つ)け (uetsuke), past 植(う)え付(つ)けた (uetsuketa))

  1. to plant
    トマトの苗(なえ)を植(う)え付(つ)ける
    tomato no nae o uetsukeru
    to plant a tomato seedling
  2. (figurative) to instil (new ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc...)
    民主主義(みんしゅしゅぎ)の思想(しそう)を植(う)え付(つ)ける
    minshushugi no shisō o uetsukeru
    to instil ideas of democracy

Conjugation

References

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