Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
ささ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "支える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
支える さえる [sàsáérú]
Imperative (命令形) 支えろ さえろ [sàsáéró]
Key constructions
Passive 支えられる さえられる [sàsáérárérú]
Causative 支えさせる さえさせる [sàsáésásérú]
Potential 支えられる さえられる [sàsáérárérú]
Volitional 支えよう さえよ [sàsáéyóꜜò]
Negative 支えない さえない [sàsáénáí]
Negative perfective 支えなかった さえなかった [sàsáénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 支えます さえま [sàsáémáꜜsù]
Perfective 支えた さえた [sàsáétá]
Conjunctive 支えて さえて [sàsáété]
Hypothetical conditional 支えれば さえれ [sàsáéréꜜbà]

Verb edit

(ささ)える (sasaeruささへる (sasaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem (ささ) (sasae), past (ささ)えた (sasaeta))

  1. support
    チーム()(だい)(ぼね)(ささ)える
    chīmu no yadaibone o sasaeru
    to support the foundation of the team
  2. hold in check
  3. provide for, maintain, support
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
つか
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
閊える
痞える

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(つか)える (tsukaeruつかへる (tukaferu)?intransitive ichidan (stem (つか) (tsukae), past (つか)えた (tsukaeta))

  1. get stuck, get jammed
Conjugation edit

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
障える

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()える (saeruintransitive ichidan (stem () (sae), past ()えた (saeta))

  1. interfere with, obstruct
Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN