生やす|はやすhayasu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto grow; to cultivate
    あごひげをはやした神かみ様さまは自分じぶんが離はなれたのと同おなじ方法ほうほうで戻もどってくると約束やくそくしていた。↗
    The bearded god had promised to return someday in the same way he had left.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto let grow (e.g. weeds)
Conjugation
Dictionary form生やす(はやす)
Polite (masu)生やします(はやします)
Negative (nai)生やさない(はやさない)
polite (masen)生やしません(はやしません)
classical zu / nu生やさず・生やさぬ(はやさず・はやさぬ)
Past (ta)生やした(はやした)
polite (mashita)生やしました(はやしました)
Past negative (nakatta)生やさなかった(はやさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)生やしませんでした(はやしませんでした)
Te form生やして(はやして)
Potential生やせる(はやせる)
Passive生やされる(はやされる)
Causative生やさせる(はやさせる)
Causative passive生やさせられる(はやさせられる)
Conditional (ba)生やせば(はやせば)
tara生やしたら(はやしたら)
Volitional生やそう(はやそう)
polite (mashou)生やしましょう(はやしましょう)
Imperative生やせ(はやせ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive生やすはやす⇄intransitive生えるはえる
ひげを生はやす
生える describes something growing naturally or spontaneously (as in 雑草が生える), while 生やす describes a person deliberately growing or cultivating something (as in ひげを生やす).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 生はえるようにする。伸のばす。
Kanji in this word
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