据える
すえる
verb (ichidan)
to set, to place, to install; to fix
他動詞 transitiveaction
See also:
据わる (intransitive)
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 据える | 据えない |
| Present polite | 据えます | 据えません |
| Past | 据えた | 据えなかった |
| Past polite | 据えました | 据えませんでした |
| て form | 据えて | 据えなくて |
| ている present | 据えている | 据えていない |
| ている polite | 据えています | 据えていません |
| ている past | 据えていた | 据えていなかった |
| ている past polite | 据えていました | 据えていませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 据えれば | 据えなければ |
| Conditional たら | 据えたら | 据えなかったら |
| Volitional | 据えよう | — |
| Volitional polite | 据えましょう | — |
| Potential | 据えられる | 据えられない |
| Passive | 据えられる | 据えられない |
| Causative | 据えさせる | 据えさせない |
| Imperative | 据えろ | 据えるな |
1.
to set, to place, to install, to position
To place something firmly in a fixed position. Used for installing equipment, placing furniture, or positioning something with care.
2.
to fix, to settle, to focus (one's eyes, resolve)
To fix or steady something abstract — one's gaze, one's resolve, or one's stomach. Often appears in set expressions.
据える means to place something firmly and securely, both physically and figuratively.
Transitivity
- Type: 他動詞 (transitive)
- Intransitive pair: 据わる (to be set, to be settled)
Common patterns
- 〜を据える: to set ~, to install ~
Common collocations
- 腹を据える: to steel oneself, to make up one's mind
- 目を据える: to fix one's gaze
- 腰を据える: to settle in, to commit seriously to something
- 据え置き: leaving in place; fixed (as in a fixed interest rate)
Similar words
Related Words
Synonym:
置く (more general, everyday)
Synonym:
設置 (formal, institutional)
Compare:
設置する (to install, to set up)