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おだてる (odateru) Japanese meaning: flatter | Kotomora
JLPT N1 › Conjugation おだてる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary おだてる おだてない Polite おだてます おだてません Past polite おだてました おだてませんでした Past おだてた おだてなかった Te-form おだてて おだてないで Desire おだてたい おだてたくない Potential おだてられる also おだてれる おだてられない also おだてれない Passive おだてられる おだてられない Causative おだてさせる おだてさせない Causative passive おだてさせられる おだてさせられない Volitional おだてよう Polite volitional おだてましょう Imperative おだてろ おだてるな Conditional おだてれば おだてなければ Tara conditional おだてたら おだてなかったら
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彼かれ
は
上じょう
司し
に
おだて
られ
て
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つい
残ざん
業ぎょう
を
引ひ
き
受う
け
て
しまっ
た
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He was flattered by his boss and ended up accepting overtime work.
I butter up the child to get them to tidy up.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 煽おだ てて 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 させる to flatter someone into doing something
I flattered him into helping me with the work.
〈 人ひと 〉 を 煽おだ てあげる to flatter someone excessively, lay it on thick
Everyone piled on the flattery, and I ended up agreeing to it.
煽おだ てに 乗の る to fall for someone's flattery
He fell for the flattery and made a promise he couldn't keep.
Related words 褒める means to praise someone sincerely, while 煽てる implies flattering someone with a manipulative or self-serving motive.
そそのかす means to incite or tempt someone into something questionable or secretive, while 煽てる is lighter, using flattery to get someone moving.
持ち上げる is a casual, idiomatic way to say 'butter someone up' that overlaps closely with 煽てる but is slightly less about pushing someone into action.
おだてる means to flatter someone to get them to do something, while お世辞を言う focuses on the insincere compliment itself rather than its manipulative purpose.
Don't confuse with 煽る shares the kanji 煽 with 煽てる but is read あおる and means to fan, incite, or stir up (e.g. flames or emotions), not to flatter a person into action.
Written forms おだてる Usage 94%
Usually written in kana. The kanji form 煽てる exists but is less common.
煽おだ てる Usage 6%
Kanji form; recognized but less common than kana.
Etymology The origin is uncertain. It may be related to the verb 煽る (あおる, 'to fan, stir up'), but the exact derivation is unclear.
