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携わる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	携たずさわる	携たずさわらない
Polite	携たずさわります	携たずさわりません
Past polite	携たずさわりました	携たずさわりませんでした
Past	携たずさわった	携たずさわらなかった
Te-form	携たずさわって	携たずさわらないで
Desire	携たずさわりたい	携たずさわりたくない
Potential	携たずさわれる	携たずさわれない
Passive	携たずさわられる	携たずさわられない
Causative	携たずさわらせる	携たずさわらせない
Causative passive	携たずさわらせられるalso 携たずさわらされる	携たずさわらせられないalso 携たずさわらされない
Volitional	携たずさわろう
Polite volitional	携たずさわりましょう
Imperative	携たずさわれ	携たずさわるな
Conditional	携たずさわれば	携たずさわらなければ
Tara conditional	携たずさわったら	携たずさわらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

engage in; participate in; be involved in

Used for being actively involved in a project, work, or field, often with a sense of commitment. Commonly takes に to mark the activity or field.

彼かれは新あたらしいプロジェクトに携たずさわっている。
He is involved in a new project.
長なが年ねん、教きょう育いくの分ぶん野やに携たずさわってきました。
I have been engaged in the field of education for many years.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に携たずさわるto be involved in / engaged in (a project, field, or work)
彼かれは長なが年ねん、医い療りょうの研けん究きゅうに携たずさわっている。
He has been involved in medical research for many years.
〈事こと〉の仕し事ごとに携たずさわるto work in the field of ~
彼かの女じょは環かん境きょう保ほ護ごの仕し事ごとに携たずさわっている。
She works in the field of environmental protection.

Kanji

携portable, carry (in hand), armed with

Related words

従じゅう事じN1
従事する is a stiff, formal written term for engaging in work or duties, while 携わる carries a similar sense but is slightly less formal and often used for creative or specialized fields.
関かかわるN2
関わる is broader and can mean simply being connected to or concerned with something, whereas 携わる specifically implies active, hands-on involvement in work or a project.
取とり組くむN2
取り組む emphasizes actively tackling or wrestling with a task, while 携わる simply describes being part of or engaged in an ongoing field of work.
参さん加かN4
参加する is about joining a specific event or group, while 携わる implies deeper, ongoing involvement in a task or field.
手てがけるN1
携わる describes being involved or engaged in an ongoing activity or field, whereas 手がける focuses on personally taking charge of and completing a specific task.

Don't confuse with

携たずさえるN1
携える shares kanji with 携わる but means to carry something in one's hand, not to be involved in an activity.
加くわわるN3
携わる means to be professionally engaged in or involved with work over a period of time, whereas 加わる simply means to join in a specific activity or event.

Written forms

携たずさわるUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
たずさわるUsage16%
携たずさわるUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not commonly used in modern writing.

Etymology

The kanji 携 means 'to carry in hand' or 'to bring with', and わる is a verb-forming suffix. The word originally meant 'to carry something and participate', evolving to the modern sense of being involved in an activity.