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

Plain	着せる	きせる	`[kìsérú]`
Conjunctive	着せて	きせて	`[kìsété]`
Perfective	着せた	きせた	`[kìsétá]`
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]`
Hypothetical conditional	着せれば	きせれば	`[kìséréꜜbà]`
Past conditional	着せたら	きせたら	`[kìsétáꜜrà]`
Imperative	着せろ着せよ	きせろきせよ	`[kìséró]` `[kìséꜜyò]`
Volitional	着せよう	きせよー	`[kìséyóꜜò]`
Desiderative	着せたい	きせたい	`[kìsétáí]`
Formal	着せます	きせます	`[kìsémáꜜsù]`
Formal negative	着せません	きせません	`[kìsémáséꜜǹ]`
Formal volitional	着せましょう	きせましょー	`[kìsémáshóꜜò]`
Formal perfective	着せました	きせました	`[kìsémáꜜshìtà]`
Continuative	着せ着せに	きせきせに	`[kìsé]` `[kìsé ní]`
Negative continuative	着せず着せずに	きせずきせずに	`[kìsézú]` `[kìsézú ní]`
Passive	着せられる	きせられる	`[kìsérárérú]`
Causative	着せさせる着せさす	きせさせるきせさす	`[kìsésásérú]` `[kìsésású]`
Potential	着せられる着せれる	きせられるきせれる	`[kìsérárérú]` `[kìsérérú]`

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

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
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
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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN