仕立てる|したてるshitateru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto tailor; to make (clothing)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto train; to bring up
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto make it seem like; to pass off
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto turn into a play or movie
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto prepare; to send; to despatch
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 仕立てる（したてる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 仕立てます（したてます） |
| Negative (nai) | 仕立てない（したてない） |
| polite (masen) | 仕立てません（したてません） |
| classical zu / nu | 仕立てず・仕立てぬ（したてず・したてぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 仕立てた（したてた） |
| polite (mashita) | 仕立てました（したてました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 仕立てなかった（したてなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 仕立てませんでした（したてませんでした） |
| Te form | 仕立てて（したてて） |
| Potential | 仕立てられる（したてられる） |
| Passive | 仕立てられる（したてられる） |
| Causative | 仕立てさせる（したてさせる） |
| Causative passive | 仕立てさせられる（したてさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 仕立てれば（したてれば） |
| tara | 仕立てたら（したてたら） |
| Volitional | 仕立てよう（したてよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 仕立てましょう（したてましょう） |
| Imperative | 仕立てろ（したてろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym作り上げるつくりあげるNeutralMeans to finish or build something up, and also to fabricate; like 「仕立てる」 it can present something as a certain way, but 「仕立てる」 also covers tailoring clothes.
- Synonym縫うぬうNeutralMeans to sew with needle and thread, as in 「ボタンを縫う」; 「仕立てる」 centers on making a whole garment to measurements.
- Synonym仕立て上げるしたてあげるNeutralFocuses on dressing or molding someone into a particular type of person, and also means framing someone, as in 「犯人に仕立て上げる」; 「仕立てる」 also covers tailoring clothes.
- Related作り出すつくりだすNeutralCovers manufacturing and producing things, and also creating something new; 「仕立てる」 centers on tailoring clothes or presenting something as a certain way.
- Related作るつくるNeutralThe most general word for making things; 「仕立てる」 centers on tailoring clothes or shaping something into a certain form.
- Related形作るかたちづくるNeutralMeans to shape or form something, as in 「人格を形作る」; 「仕立てる」 centers on tailoring.
- Related製作せいさくNeutralUsed for producing films and goods, as in 「映画製作」; 「仕立てる」 centers on tailoring clothes.
- Related作成さくせいNeutralUsed for drawing up documents and plans, as in 「書類作成」; 「仕立てる」 centers on tailoring.
- Related作製さくせいNeutralUsed for making objects and models; 「仕立てる」 centers on tailoring clothes.
- RelatedしつらえるWrittenWritten/formal prose; means to arrange or set up a place or venue; 「仕立てる」 centers on tailoring.
- AntonymとくNeutralAntonym in sewing: means to unsew or take out stitches, undoing a garment rather than making one.
Use 「仕立てる」 for sewing a whole garment to measurements, as in 「スーツを仕立てる」, or for presenting something as a certain way, as in 「美談に仕立てる」. For plain sewing with needle and thread use 「縫う」; for framing someone use 「仕立て上げる」; for making things in general use 「作る」.
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