着せる

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きせる [kìsérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲise̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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 [kìsérú]
Imperative (命令形) 着せろ きせろ [kìséró]
Key constructions
Passive 着せられる きせられる [kìsérárérú]
Causative 着せさせる きせさせる [kìsésásérú]
Potential 着せられる きせられる [kìsérárérú]
Volitional 着せよう きせよ​ー [kìséyóꜜò]
Negative 着せない きせない [kìsénáí]
Negative perfective 着せなかった きせな​かった [kìsénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 着せます きせま​す [kìsémáꜜsù]
Perfective 着せた きせた [kìsétá]
Conjunctive 着せて きせて [kìsété]
Hypothetical conditional 着せれば きせれ​ば [kìséréꜜbà]

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

References

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