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寄り添う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	寄より添そう	寄より添そわない
Polite	寄より添そいます	寄より添そいません
Past polite	寄より添そいました	寄より添そいませんでした
Past	寄より添そった	寄より添そわなかった
Te-form	寄より添そって	寄より添そわないで
Desire	寄より添そいたい	寄より添そいたくない
Potential	寄より添そえる	寄より添そえない
Passive	寄より添そわれる	寄より添そわれない
Causative	寄より添そわせる	寄より添そわせない
Causative passive	寄より添そわせられるalso 寄より添そわされる	寄より添そわせられないalso 寄より添そわされない
Volitional	寄より添そおう
Polite volitional	寄より添そいましょう
Imperative	寄より添そえ	寄より添そうな
Conditional	寄より添そえば	寄より添そわなければ
Tara conditional	寄より添そったら	寄より添そわなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

get close; snuggle up; nestle close

Describes physically or emotionally drawing near to someone, often for comfort or affection. Commonly used for people, but also for animals or metaphorically for being by someone's side.

寒さむい夜よるは猫ねこが寄より添そって寝ねてくれる。
On cold nights, my cat snuggles up and sleeps with me.
彼かの女じょは悲かなしんでいる友とも達だちにそっと寄より添そった。
She gently drew close to her grieving friend.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に寄より添そうto stay close by someone's side, offering comfort or support
彼かれは悲かなしむ友ゆう人じんに寄より添そった。
He stayed close by his grieving friend's side.
〈人ひと〉の気き持もちに寄より添そうto be sensitive to and share in someone's feelings
先せん生せいは生せい徒との気き持もちに寄より添そって話はなしを聞きいた。
The teacher listened while being attentive to the student's feelings.
そっと寄より添そうto gently snuggle up close
彼かの女じょは彼かれにそっと寄より添そった。
She gently nestled up close to him.
寄より添そって歩あるくto walk closely side by side
二人ふたりは寄より添そって歩あるいた。
The two of them walked closely side by side.

Kanji

寄draw near, stop in, bring near
添annexed, accompany, marry

Related words

添そうN1
添う means to accompany or stay by someone's side, often in a lasting or formal sense (e.g. marriage), while 寄り添う emphasizes the act of physically or emotionally drawing close.
擦すり寄よる
すり寄る describes edging or shuffling up close, often used for animals or a more physical, less emotionally warm approach than 寄り添う.
くっつくN3
くっつく is more casual and physical, implying sticking or clinging closely, often with less emotional nuance than 寄り添う.
寄よるN4
寄る means to approach or drop by, and lacks the sustained closeness and emotional support conveyed by 寄り添う.

Don't confuse with

寄より集あつまるN1
寄り添う means for one person to snuggle up close to another, while 寄り集まる describes multiple people or things converging into one place; learners confuse them because both start with 寄り.

Built from

寄よる+添そう

Written forms

寄より添そうUsage80%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
寄よりそうUsage12%
search-only kanji form
よりそうUsage7%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji are not needed.
寄より添そうUsage1%
search-only kanji form

Etymology

Compound of 寄り (continuative form of 寄る, 'to approach') + 添う ('to accompany, be alongside'). The combination emphasizes drawing near and staying close.