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授ける · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	授さずける	授さずけない
Polite	授さずけます	授さずけません
Past polite	授さずけました	授さずけませんでした
Past	授さずけた	授さずけなかった
Te-form	授さずけて	授さずけないで
Desire	授さずけたい	授さずけたくない
Potential	授さずけられるalso 授さずけれる	授さずけられないalso 授さずけれない
Passive	授さずけられる	授さずけられない
Causative	授さずけさせる	授さずけさせない
Causative passive	授さずけさせられる	授さずけさせられない
Volitional	授さずけよう
Polite volitional	授さずけましょう
Imperative	授さずけろ	授さずけるな
Conditional	授さずければ	授さずけなければ
Tara conditional	授さずけたら	授さずけなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

grant; confer; award

Used when a person in authority formally gives something valuable, such as a title, honor, prize, or permission. Often implies a hierarchical relationship.

国こく王おうは彼かれに勲くん章しょうを授さずけた。
The king conferred a medal on him.
大だい学がくは彼かの女じょに名めい誉よ学がく位いを授さずけることを決きめた。
The university decided to award her an honorary degree.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

teach; instruct; impart (knowledge)

Used when a teacher or master passes on knowledge, skills, or secrets to a student. Carries a nuance of careful, often personal, instruction.

師し匠しょうは弟で子しに技わざを授さずけた。
The master taught the technique to his disciple.
彼かれは多おおくの学がく生せいに知ち識しきを授さずけてきた。
He has imparted knowledge to many students.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に称しょう号ごうを授さずけるto confer a title upon someone
国こく王おうは功こう績せきのあった学がく者しゃに称しょう号ごうを授さずけた。
The king conferred a title upon the accomplished scholar.
〈人ひと〉に秘ひ伝でんを授さずけるto pass on a secret art or technique to someone
師し匠しょうは弟で子しに長なが年ねんの秘ひ伝でんを授さずけた。
The master passed on his long-guarded secret technique to his disciple.
神かみが〈人ひと〉に子こを授さずけるfor God/the gods to grant someone a child
夫ふう婦ふは神かみが子こを授さずけてくれることを願ねがった。
The couple prayed that the gods would grant them a child.

Expressions

術じゅつを授さずけるteach tricks; impart skills
学がく位いを授さずけるaward a degree; confer a degree

Kanji

授impart, instruct, grant

Related words· 7

与あたえるN3
与える is the general, everyday word for 'give' usable in almost any context, while 授ける is formal and implies giving from a position of authority such as a ruler, teacher, or deity.
授じゅ与よN1sense 1
授与する is the formal, ceremonial word used specifically for officially conferring degrees, prizes, or medals, while 授ける covers a broader range of formal 'granting' situations including teaching.
教おしえるN5sense 2
教える is the plain, common verb for 'teach', while 授ける is a more literary word that emphasizes a master personally passing on specialized knowledge or secrets to a disciple.
伝でん授じゅ sense 2
伝授する specifically means to pass down secret techniques or arts from master to student, matching the teaching sense of 授ける very closely but sounding even more formal.

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垂たれるN1
授ける means to formally bestow or grant something such as a title or teaching, while 垂れる (sense 2) carries a stronger belittling or condescending tone.
賜たまわるN1
授ける means to grant or bestow something (like a title or skill) without the honorific speech-level marking that 賜る carries.
贈おくるN4
授ける stresses a superior granting something valuable (knowledge, skill, title) to a subordinate, while 贈る is neutral about the social relationship.

Opposites

授さずかるN1
授ける is the giver's action of bestowing or conferring something, while 授かる is the receiver's side, being granted or blessed with it.

Word family

子こ授さずけ
conception after shrine visit or prayer; being blessed with a child

Written forms

授さずけるUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling for both granting and teaching senses.
さずけるUsage10%

Etymology

Derived from the verb 授く (さずく), which is the classical Japanese form. The kanji 授 is composed of 扌 (hand) and 受 (receive), suggesting the act of handing something over.