JLPT N4 vocabulary
片付ける: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
かたづける4Nakadaka · falls inside
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to tidy up, to put in order, to straighten up, to put away
- to settle (problem), to clear (dispute)
- to finish, to bring something to an end
- to marry off (e.g. a daughter)
- to do away with someone, to bump someone off
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 片付ける | 片付け |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Polite presentます形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Polite pastました形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Te-formて形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 片付け | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 片付け | 片付ける |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Passive受身形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Make / let使役形 | 片付け | 片付け |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 片付け | 片付け |
Example sentences
君の部屋に本が多すぎるよ。捨てろとは言わないまでも片付けたら?
There are too many books in your room. Not to say throw them away, but how about tidying them up?
お母さん、いや!私は先週やったので、今度はお兄さんに片付けさせて。
No, mom! I did it last week, so make (my) brother clean up this time.