送る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 送る | 送らない |
| Polite | 送ります | 送りません |
| Past polite | 送りました | 送りませんでした |
| Past | 送った | 送らなかった |
| Te-form | 送って | 送らないで |
| Desire | 送りたい | 送りたくない |
| Potential | 送れる | 送れない |
| Passive | 送られる | 送られない |
| Causative | 送らせる | 送らせない |
| Causative passive | 送らせられるalso 送らされる | 送らせられないalso 送らされない |
| Volitional | 送ろう | |
| Polite volitional | 送りましょう | |
| Imperative | 送れ | 送るな |
| Conditional | 送れば | 送らなければ |
| Tara conditional | 送ったら | 送らなかったら |
I sent a letter to my mother.
Please send the data by email.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
see off; escort; accompany; take
Accompanying someone to a departure point or destination, often as a courtesy.
I saw my friend off to the station.
Shall I take you home?
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
say goodbye to the departed; bury; bid farewell to
Used for funerals and final farewells; often implies seeing someone off on their final journey.
Many people gathered to bid farewell to the deceased.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
spend (time); pass (time); lead (a life); live
Used with time periods or life-related nouns such as 日々, 人生, 時間.
I am spending quiet days in the countryside.
He led a happy life.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
pass along; advance (a runner)
Used in sports, especially baseball, for advancing a runner; also for passing objects along a line.
He advanced the runner to second base with a bunt.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
affix okurigana
Linguistic term: to add okurigana (kana suffixes) to a kanji stem.
See also: 送り仮名
The 送る in 送り仮名 comes from this verb.
I walked her to the station.
I sent a package to my friend.
He is spending his days busily.
He advanced the runner to second base with a bunt.
Many people paid their last respects to the deceased.
送る is the standard, slightly more formal verb for sending someone or something, while やる is a plainer, more conversational choice.
送る is the general verb for sending things, while 出す is more idiomatic specifically for mailing letters or postcards.
postponement; putting off; delaying
send in; dispatch into
send out; forward; show out
see off; escort · watch until out of sight; follow with one's eyes · let pass; pass up; let go by · postpone; put off; shelve · care for until death; attend a funeral; bury · hold off buying/selling; wait and see
allowance; remittance; sending money to support someone
fast forward
feed; sending in; loading
seeing off and picking up; taking to and fro
send; deliver; escort
recipient; addressee; destination
ceremonial bonfire for sending off spirits during Obon
send back; return
sacrifice bunt
sender; consignor; remitter
invoice · consignment note; sender's copy; receipt of shipment
okurigana; kana suffix after a kanji
character advance; character pitch
shadow sending; staring at one's shadow then at the sky to see an afterimage
paying it forward
hand feeding; manual feeding
bear-sending ceremony; ritual bear sacrifice
rite of seeing off the gods to Izumo · exorcism
paper feed
torch procession to drive away crop pests
line feed; linefeed