植え付ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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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 ()える (ueru)) + 付ける (tsukeru, to attach)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

()()ける • (uetsukeru) transitive ichidan (stem ()() (uetsuke), past ()()けた (uetsuketa))

  1. to plant
    トマト(なえ)()()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)思想(しそう)()()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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