()()わせる

まにあわせる
verb (ichidan)
to get done in time; to make do with
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()()わせる()()わせない
Present polite()()わせます()()わせません
Past()()わせた()()わせなかった
Past polite()()わせました()()わせませんでした
て form()()わせて()()わせなくて
ている present()()わせている()()わせていない
ている polite()()わせています()()わせていません
ている past()()わせていた()()わせていなかった
ている past polite()()わせていました()()わせていませんでした
Conditional ば()()わせれば()()わせなければ
Conditional たら()()わせたら()()わせなかったら
Volitional()()わせよう
Volitional polite()()わせましょう
Potential()()わせられる()()わせられない
Passive()()わせられる()()わせられない
Causative()()わせさせる()()わせさせない
Imperative()()わせろ()()わせるな
1. to get (something) ready in time; to make it in time
To arrange things so that a deadline or departure time is met. The transitive counterpart of ()()う: the subject actively makes the timing work.
()()()()わせる。
I'll get it done in time for the deadline.
We worked until morning and got the delivery in on time.
To make it in time for the opening day, we moved the construction up by two weeks.
2. to make do with; to get by using (something) temporarily
To use whatever is at hand as a stopgap because the proper thing is unavailable. Usually marked with で: ありもので()()わせる (make do with what we have).
Let's make do with what we have.
Until the official documents arrive, please make do with photocopies.

Transitivity

Transitive. It is the causative-style partner of the intransitive ()(): 電車(でんしゃ)()() (I make the train) versus 出発(しゅっぱつ)()()わせる (I get things ready in time for the departure).

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