寄せる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jo̞se̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

寄せる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana よせる, rōmaji yoseru)

Japanese verb pair
active 寄せる
mediopassive 寄る
  1. to approach, to draw near to
  2. to close with (in battle), to make an onslaught on
    • 1939: そこへ道三様の兵は長良川をこえて一挙に襲せようという計略なのだ。 — Eiji Yoshikawa, Taiko (1990, Kodansha, Tokyo)
      そこへどうさんさまのへいはながらがわをこえていっきょによせようというけいりゃくなのだ。
      soko e dōsan-sama no hei wa nagara-gawa wo koete ikkyo ni yoseyou to iu keiryaku na no da.
      The plan is that at that point Dōsan's soldiers cross the Nagara river and immediately close with the enemy.
  3. to surge
  4. to set aside
  5. to gather
  6. to pine for, to adore

Conjugation

Derived terms

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