近づける・近付ける|ちかづけるchikazukeru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Which spelling to use
近づける近づける is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it when writing the verb.
近付ける近付ける is a less common written variant of 近づける. Beginners should generally choose 近づける instead.
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto bring near; to bring close; to let go near
    いすをもっと机つくえに近ちかづけなさい。↗
    Move the chair nearer to the desk.
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
Conjugation
Dictionary form近づける(ちかづける)
Polite (masu)近づけます(ちかづけます)
Negative (nai)近づけない(ちかづけない)
polite (masen)近づけません(ちかづけません)
classical zu / nu近づけず・近づけぬ(ちかづけず・ちかづけぬ)
Past (ta)近づけた(ちかづけた)
polite (mashita)近づけました(ちかづけました)
Past negative (nakatta)近づけなかった(ちかづけなかった)
polite (masen deshita)近づけませんでした(ちかづけませんでした)
Te form近づけて(ちかづけて)
Potential近づけられる(ちかづけられる)
Passive近づけられる(ちかづけられる)
Causative近づけさせる(ちかづけさせる)
Causative passive近づけさせられる(ちかづけさせられる)
Conditional (ba)近づければ(ちかづければ)
tara近づけたら(ちかづけたら)
Volitional近づけよう(ちかづけよう)
polite (mashou)近づけましょう(ちかづけましょう)
Imperative近づけろ(ちかづけろ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive近づけるちかづける⇄intransitive近づくちかづく
敵てきが近ちかづく
敵てきを近ちかづける
近づく emphasizes the event or resulting state, as in 敵が近づく; 近づける foregrounds the agent acting on something, as in 敵を近づける.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 近ちかくに寄よせる。
  2. 側がわ近ちかくに寄よせて、親交しんこうする。
  3. 目標もくひょうなどに近ちかい状態じょうたいにする。
Kanji in this word

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