近寄せる|ちかよせるchikayoseru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto bring close; to bring near
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto associate with (someone); to keep company with; to let come close
Conjugation
Dictionary form近寄せる(ちかよせる)
Polite (masu)近寄せます(ちかよせます)
Negative (nai)近寄せない(ちかよせない)
polite (masen)近寄せません(ちかよせません)
classical zu / nu近寄せず・近寄せぬ(ちかよせず・ちかよせぬ)
Past (ta)近寄せた(ちかよせた)
polite (mashita)近寄せました(ちかよせました)
Past negative (nakatta)近寄せなかった(ちかよせなかった)
polite (masen deshita)近寄せませんでした(ちかよせませんでした)
Te form近寄せて(ちかよせて)
Potential近寄せられる(ちかよせられる)
Passive近寄せられる(ちかよせられる)
Causative近寄せさせる(ちかよせさせる)
Causative passive近寄せさせられる(ちかよせさせられる)
Conditional (ba)近寄せれば(ちかよせれば)
tara近寄せたら(ちかよせたら)
Volitional近寄せよう(ちかよせよう)
polite (mashou)近寄せましょう(ちかよせましょう)
Imperative近寄せろ(ちかよせろ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive近寄せるちかよせる⇄intransitive近寄るちかよる
人ひとが近寄ちかよる
人ひとを近寄ちかよせる
The intransitive 近寄る emphasizes the subject's own movement toward a point. The transitive 近寄せる emphasizes causing or permitting someone or something to come near.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物ものや人ひとを自分じぶんのそばまで移動いどうさせる。
  2. 人ひとを仲間なかまに入いれたり、付き合つきあったりする。
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