肩を入れる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 肩を入れる | 肩を入れない |
| Polite | 肩を入れます | 肩を入れません |
| Past polite | 肩を入れました | 肩を入れませんでした |
| Past | 肩を入れた | 肩を入れなかった |
| Te-form | 肩を入れて | 肩を入れないで |
| Desire | 肩を入れたい | 肩を入れたくない |
| Potential | 肩を入れられるalso 肩を入れれる | 肩を入れられないalso 肩を入れれない |
| Passive | 肩を入れられる | 肩を入れられない |
| Causative | 肩を入れさせる | 肩を入れさせない |
| Causative passive | 肩を入れさせられる | 肩を入れさせられない |
| Volitional | 肩を入れよう | |
| Polite volitional | 肩を入れましょう | |
| Imperative | 肩を入れろ | 肩を入れるな |
| Conditional | 肩を入れれば | 肩を入れなければ |
| Tara conditional | 肩を入れたら | 肩を入れなかったら |
Idiomatic expression meaning to actively support or take the side of someone, often in a dispute or endeavor. Conveys a sense of lending one's strength or influence.
彼はいつも私の意見に肩を入れてくれる。
He always supports my opinion.
That politician is said to be siding with a particular industry.
cover one's exposed shoulder again
Original, literal meaning: to put one's shoulder back into a garment that has slipped off. Rarely used in modern Japanese; the idiomatic sense is overwhelmingly more common.
My kimono slipped off my shoulder, so I pulled it back up.