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充てる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	充あてる	充あてない
Polite	充あてます	充あてません
Past polite	充あてました	充あてませんでした
Past	充あてた	充あてなかった
Te-form	充あてて	充あてないで
Desire	充あてたい	充あてたくない
Potential	充あてられるalso 充あてれる	充あてられないalso 充あてれない
Passive	充あてられる	充あてられない
Causative	充あてさせる	充あてさせない
Causative passive	充あてさせられる	充あてさせられない
Volitional	充あてよう
Polite volitional	充あてましょう
Imperative	充あてろ	充あてるな
Conditional	充あてれば	充あてなければ
Tara conditional	充あてたら	充あてなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

assign; allocate; set aside

Used for formally or deliberately assigning resources, time, money, or people to a specific purpose. Often seen in business, budgeting, and scheduling contexts.

来らい月げつの会かい議ぎに予よ算さんを充あてる必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to allocate a budget for next month's meeting.
この部屋へやを倉そう庫こに充あてることにした。
We decided to set aside this room as a storeroom.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を〈事こと〉に充あてるto allocate/set aside something for a purpose
給きゅう料りょうの一いち部ぶを貯ちょ金きんに充あてている。
I set aside part of my salary for savings.
〈時とき〉を〈事こと〉に充あてるto devote time to something
休きゅう日じつを試し験けん勉べん強きょうに充あてるつもりだ。
I plan to devote my day off to studying for the exam.
〈人ひと〉を〈事こと〉に充あてるto assign someone to a task or role
新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんをこの案あん件けんに充あてることにした。
We decided to assign the new employee to this project.

Kanji

充allot, fill

Related words

割わり当あてるN1
割り当てる also means 'assign' or 'allocate' but usually implies dividing something among multiple recipients or tasks, while 充てる focuses on setting aside a resource for a single specific purpose.
配はい分ぶんN1
配分する means to distribute or apportion something proportionally among people or categories, whereas 充てる simply means to earmark a resource for a particular use.
振ふり分わける
振り分ける means to divide something up and assign the portions to different people or purposes, while 充てる is used for setting aside a resource for one specific purpose.

Don't confuse with

当あてるN3
当てる is the common verb meaning 'to hit', 'to guess', or 'to apply', and though it shares the same reading あてる, 充てる specifically means to allocate or assign resources for a purpose.
宛あてるN1
宛てる (also read あてる) means to address a letter or document to someone, unlike 充てる which means to set aside resources for a purpose.

Etymology

The kanji 充 means 'fill' or 'supply', and the verb あてる (当てる) broadly means 'apply' or 'direct toward'. 充てる is a specialized spelling for the sense of directing resources to a purpose.