着せる

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きせる [kìsérú] (Heiban – [0])
• 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

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