確かめる・慥かめる|たしかめるtashikameru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Which spelling to use
確かめる確かめる(たしかめる) is the most common written form and the one beginners should use for ordinary writing and reading.
慥かめる慥かめる(たしかめる) is rarely used. You may encounter it as a written variant, but use 確かめる(たしかめる) instead.
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
    窓まどが閉しまっているか確たしかめとけ。↗
    See that the window is closed.
Conjugation
Dictionary form確かめる(たしかめる)
Polite (masu)確かめます(たしかめます)
Negative (nai)確かめない(たしかめない)
polite (masen)確かめません(たしかめません)
classical zu / nu確かめず・確かめぬ(たしかめず・たしかめぬ)
Past (ta)確かめた(たしかめた)
polite (mashita)確かめました(たしかめました)
Past negative (nakatta)確かめなかった(たしかめなかった)
polite (masen deshita)確かめませんでした(たしかめませんでした)
Te form確かめて(たしかめて)
Potential確かめられる(たしかめられる)
Passive確かめられる(たしかめられる)
Causative確かめさせる(たしかめさせる)
Causative passive確かめさせられる(たしかめさせられる)
Conditional (ba)確かめれば(たしかめれば)
tara確かめたら(たしかめたら)
Volitional確かめよう(たしかめよう)
polite (mashou)確かめましょう(たしかめましょう)
Imperative確かめろ(たしかめろ)

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 調しらべたり念ねんを押おしたりして物事ものごとをはっきりさせる。
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