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授ける (さずける, sazukeru) Japanese meaning: grant | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 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
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勲くん
章しょう
を
授さず
け
た
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The king conferred a medal on him.
The university decided to award her an honorary degree.
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
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
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
The couple prayed that the gods would grant them a child.
Related words· 7 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.
Show 3 more 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.
授ける means to grant or bestow something (like a title or skill) without the honorific speech-level marking that 賜る carries.
授ける stresses a superior granting something valuable (knowledge, skill, title) to a subordinate, while 贈る is neutral about the social relationship.
Written forms 授さず ける Usage 90%
Standard kanji spelling for both granting and teaching senses.
さずける Usage 10%
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.
