着せる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
着
き
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
著せる
被せる

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きせる [kìsérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲise̞ɾɯ̟]
  • 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 dress 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, to cover something
    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, to charge someone with a crime, to pin the blame on someone
    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
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