叶える|かなえるkanaeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
    母ははは私の望のぞむものは何なんでも言いわなくてもかなえてくれる。↗
    My mother anticipates all my desires.
Conjugation
Dictionary form叶える(かなえる)
Polite (masu)叶えます(かなえます)
Negative (nai)叶えない(かなえない)
polite (masen)叶えません(かなえません)
classical zu / nu叶えず・叶えぬ(かなえず・かなえぬ)
Past (ta)叶えた(かなえた)
polite (mashita)叶えました(かなえました)
Past negative (nakatta)叶えなかった(かなえなかった)
polite (masen deshita)叶えませんでした(かなえませんでした)
Te form叶えて(かなえて)
Potential叶えられる(かなえられる)
Passive叶えられる(かなえられる)
Causative叶えさせる(かなえさせる)
Causative passive叶えさせられる(かなえさせられる)
Conditional (ba)叶えれば(かなえれば)
tara叶えたら(かなえたら)
Volitional叶えよう(かなえよう)
polite (mashou)叶えましょう(かなえましょう)
Imperative叶えろ(かなえろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive叶えるかなえる⇄intransitive叶うかなう
夢ゆめを叶かなえる
叶う describes a wish or dream coming true by itself, while 叶える focuses on a person actively making it happen.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 【叶かなえる】望のぞみなどを実現じつげんさせる。
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