傾ける · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 傾ける | 傾けない |
| Polite | 傾けます | 傾けません |
| Past polite | 傾けました | 傾けませんでした |
| Past | 傾けた | 傾けなかった |
| Te-form | 傾けて | 傾けないで |
| Desire | 傾けたい | 傾けたくない |
| Potential | 傾けられるalso 傾けれる | 傾けられないalso 傾けれない |
| Passive | 傾けられる | 傾けられない |
| Causative | 傾けさせる | 傾けさせない |
| Causative passive | 傾けさせられる | 傾けさせられない |
| Volitional | 傾けよう | |
| Polite volitional | 傾けましょう | |
| Imperative | 傾けろ | 傾けるな |
| Conditional | 傾ければ | 傾けなければ |
| Tara conditional | 傾けたら | 傾けなかったら |
He was sitting with his chair tilted back.
I tilted the glass and poured the wine.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
devote oneself to; concentrate on; pour energy into
Abstract use: directing one's attention, effort, or heart toward something. Common with 注意, 耳, 心, 全力.
He is devoting all his energy to his research.
Please lend an ear to the story.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Used with words like 国, 財産, 身代, meaning to bring something to ruin or to use up completely. Often implies a downward tilt metaphorically.
He squandered his fortune on gambling.
He indulged in every kind of dissipation and ruined his family fortune.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Literary or euphemistic expression for drinking alcohol, focusing on the action of tilting a cup or bottle.
He quietly tilted his sake cup.
He tilted the glass and looked closely at its contents.
She has lived her life devoting her heart to music.
He ended up ruining his fortune for the sake of the business.
I drank with my friends late into the night.
He devoted all his effort to the project's success.
呷る means to gulp or knock back a drink quickly, while 傾ける is a more literary or euphemistic way to describe drinking by tilting a cup.
傾ける specifically means to tilt or incline something, while 曲げる more broadly means to bend or curve it out of a straight line.
傾ける is the general transitive verb for tilting anything (a cup, a chair, one's head), while 傾げる is used almost exclusively for tilting the head in a puzzled or thoughtful gesture.
傾ける (as in 心を傾ける) means to devote one's heart or attention to something, overlapping with 凝らす but used more broadly for effort and interest.
傾ける is used for pouring one's attention or energy (as in 力を傾ける), while 注ぎ込む emphasizes filling something up with a large quantity.