弁える

Japanese
Kanji in this term
弁
わきま
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
辨える (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

弁(わきま)える • (wakimaeru) transitive ichidan (stem 弁(わきま)え (wakimae), past 弁(わきま)えた (wakimaeta))

  1. distinguish, tell something from another thing
  2. to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
    偉(えら)そうな事言(ことい)う前(まえ)に身(み)の程(ほど)わきまえろっ!
    erasō na koto iu mae ni mi no hodo wakimaero'!
    Know your place before you say anything pretentious!

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "弁える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 弁え わきまえ wakimae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 弁え わきまえ wakimae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 弁える わきまえる wakimaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 弁える わきまえる wakimaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 弁えれ わきまえれ wakimaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 弁えよ¹
弁えろ²		 わきまえよ¹
わきまえろ²		 wakimaeyo¹
wakimaero²
Key constructions
Passive 弁えられる わきまえられる wakimaerareru
Causative 弁えさせる
弁えさす		 わきまえさせる
わきまえさす		 wakimaesaseru
wakimaesasu
Potential 弁えられる
弁えれる³		 わきまえられる
わきまえれる³		 wakimaerareru
wakimaereru³
Volitional 弁えよう わきまえよう wakimaeyō
Negative 弁えない
弁えぬ
弁えん		 わきまえない
わきまえぬ
わきまえん		 wakimaenai
wakimaenu
wakimaen
Negative continuative 弁えず わきまえず wakimaezu
Formal 弁えます わきまえます wakimaemasu
Perfective 弁えた わきまえた wakimaeta
Conjunctive 弁えて わきまえて wakimaete
Hypothetical conditional 弁えれば わきまえれば wakimaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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