着飾る|きかざるkikazaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto dress up
    Americans, in general, don't like to dress up.
Conjugation
Dictionary form着飾る(きかざる)
Polite (masu)着飾ります(きかざります)
Negative (nai)着飾らない(きかざらない)
polite (masen)着飾りません(きかざりません)
classical zu / nu着飾らず・着飾らぬ(きかざらず・きかざらぬ)
Past (ta)着飾った(きかざった)
polite (mashita)着飾りました(きかざりました)
Past negative (nakatta)着飾らなかった(きかざらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)着飾りませんでした(きかざりませんでした)
Te form着飾って(きかざって)
Potential着飾れる(きかざれる)
Passive着飾られる(きかざられる)
Causative着飾らせる(きかざらせる)
Causative passive着飾らせられる・着飾らされる(きかざらせられる・きかざらされる)
Conditional (ba)着飾れば(きかざれば)
tara着飾ったら(きかざったら)
Volitional着飾ろう(きかざろう)
polite (mashou)着飾りましょう(きかざりましょう)
Imperative着飾れ(きかざれ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymドレスアップNeutralA loanword for dressing up carefully and smartly, with a fashionable feel; very close in meaning to 「着飾る」.
  • RelatedおしゃれNeutralAbout being stylish and fashion-conscious — it can describe a person's taste or a single act of dressing up; 「着飾る」 stresses putting on gorgeous clothes.
  • Antonym粗末に着るNeutralTo dress casually in rough, shabby clothes — the opposite of 「着飾る」's dressing up in one's finest.
  • Antonym質素に装うNeutralTo dress plainly and simply, the opposite of 「着飾る」's careful, elaborate dressing up.

Use 「着飾る」 for dressing yourself up in nice clothes, as in 「着飾って出かける」; use 「おしゃれ」 for being stylish; 「ドレスアップ」 is the loanword; for plain dressing say 「質素に装う」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 美うつくしい衣服いふくを身みに付つけ、身みなりを装飾そうしょくする。
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