"仕える" meaning in All languages combined

See 仕える on Wiktionary

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [t͡sɨᵝka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: /tukapu/ → /t͡sukafu/ → /t͡sukafuru/ → /t͡sukaferu/ → /t͡sukaeru/ From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759. Cognate with 使う (tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”), and derived via regular historical processes from the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjgation”) verb paradigm from this same root form. Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.
While the 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”) pattern for tsukau was used to refer to the action of a superior to a subordinate, the shimo nidan conjugation pattern was used to refer to the action of a subordinate to a superior.
Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|使う|pos=tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”}} 使う (tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”), {{m|ja|下二段活用||lower bigrade conjgation|tr=shimo nidan katsuyō}} 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjgation”), {{m|ja|下二段活用||lower bigrade conjugation|tr=shimo nidan katsuyō}} 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{m|ja|下一段活用||lower monograde conjugation|tr=shimo ichidan katsuyō}} 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”), {{m|ja|四段活用||quadrigrade conjugation|tr=yodan katsuyō}} 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|つかえる|hhira=つかへる|tr=intrans|type=2}} 仕(つか)える • (tsukaeru) ^(←つかへる (tukaferu)?)intransitive ichidan (stem 仕(つか)え (tsukae), past 仕(つか)えた (tsukaeta)) Forms: 仕える [canonical] (ruby: (つか)), tsukaeru [romanization], tukaferu [romanization], 仕え [stem] (ruby: (つか)), 仕えた [past] (ruby: (つか)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 仕え [error-unrecognized-form], つかえ [error-unrecognized-form], tsukae [error-unrecognized-form], 仕える [error-unrecognized-form], つかえる [error-unrecognized-form], tsukaeru [error-unrecognized-form], 仕えれ [error-unrecognized-form], つかえれ [error-unrecognized-form], tsukaere [error-unrecognized-form], 仕えよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 仕えろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], つかえよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], つかえろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], tsukaeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], tsukaero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 仕えられる [passive], つかえられる [passive], tsukaerareru [passive], 仕えさせる [causative], 仕えさす [causative], つかえさせる [causative], つかえさす [causative], tsukaesaseru [causative], tsukaesasu [causative], 仕えられる [potential], 仕えれる [colloquial, potential], つかえられる [potential], つかえれる [colloquial, potential], tsukaerareru [potential], tsukaereru [colloquial, potential], 仕えよう [volitional], つかえよう [volitional], tsukaeyō [volitional], 仕えない [negative], 仕えぬ [negative], 仕えん [negative], つかえない [negative], つかえぬ [negative], つかえん [negative], tsukaenai [negative], tsukaenu [negative], tsukaen [negative], 仕えず [continuative, negative], つかえず [continuative, negative], tsukaezu [continuative, negative], 仕えます [formal], つかえます [formal], tsukaemasu [formal], 仕えた [perfective], つかえた [perfective], tsukaeta [perfective], 仕えて [conjunctive], つかえて [conjunctive], tsukaete [conjunctive], 仕えれば [conditional, hypothetical], つかえれば [conditional, hypothetical], tsukaereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to serve, serve under, take service under Synonyms (serve, serve under): 奉仕する (hōshi suru), 奉仕する (bushi suru)
    Sense id: en-仕える-ja-verb-VVktK6Jb Disambiguation of 'serve, serve under': 100 0
  2. to enter public service Synonyms (enter public service): 仕官する (shikan suru) (ruby: (), (かん))
    Sense id: en-仕える-ja-verb-JnYKbn8f Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'enter public service': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 使える (tsukaeru) (ruby: 使(つか)) (english: to be useful, to be capable of being used), 支える, 閊える (tsukaeru) (ruby: (つか), (つか)) (english: to become clogged, blocked, stopped-up)
Derived forms: 神に仕える serve God (kami ni tsukaeru) (ruby: (かみ), (つか)), 主人に仕える (shujin ni tsukaeru) (ruby: (しゅ), (じん), (つか)) (english: serve a master, serve an employer faithfully), 二君に仕える (nikun ni tsukaeru) (ruby: (), (くん), (つか)) (english: serve two masters), すまじきものは宮仕え (sumajiki mono wa miyazukae) (ruby: (みや), (づか)) (english: it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else), 仕え女: maidservant (tsukaeme) (ruby: (つか), ()), 仕え奉る: to serve (tsukaematsuru), to build something as commanded, 側仕え (sobazukae) (ruby: (そば), (づか)) (english: personal attendant, valet, maid), 宮仕え: service to the royal court (miyazukae), public service, company employment, 兼ね仕える (kanetsukaeru) (ruby: (), (つか)) (english: to serve multiple masters or causes at the same time)

Download JSON data for 仕える meaning in All languages combined (11.2kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kami ni tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "神",
          "かみ"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "神に仕える serve God"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "serve a master, serve an employer faithfully",
      "roman": "shujin ni tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "主",
          "しゅ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "主人に仕える"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "serve two masters",
      "roman": "nikun ni tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "二",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "君",
          "くん"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "二君に仕える"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else",
      "roman": "sumajiki mono wa miyazukae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "宮",
          "みや"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "づか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "すまじきものは宮仕え"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tsukaeme",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "仕え女: maidservant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tsukaematsuru",
      "word": "仕え奉る: to serve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "to build something as commanded"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "personal attendant, valet, maid",
      "roman": "sobazukae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "側",
          "そば"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "づか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "側仕え"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "miyazukae",
      "word": "宮仕え: service to the royal court"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "public service"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "company employment"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to serve multiple masters or causes at the same time",
      "roman": "kanetsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "兼",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "兼ね仕える"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "使う",
        "pos": "tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”"
      },
      "expansion": "使う (tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下二段活用",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lower bigrade conjgation",
        "tr": "shimo nidan katsuyō"
      },
      "expansion": "下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjgation”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下二段活用",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lower bigrade conjugation",
        "tr": "shimo nidan katsuyō"
      },
      "expansion": "下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下一段活用",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lower monograde conjugation",
        "tr": "shimo ichidan katsuyō"
      },
      "expansion": "下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "四段活用",
        "3": "",
        "4": "quadrigrade conjugation",
        "tr": "yodan katsuyō"
      },
      "expansion": "四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/tukapu/ → /t͡sukafu/ → /t͡sukafuru/ → /t͡sukaferu/ → /t͡sukaeru/\nFrom Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759.\nCognate with 使う (tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”), and derived via regular historical processes from the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjgation”) verb paradigm from this same root form.\nDevelopment\nNatural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.\n\nWhile the 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”) pattern for tsukau was used to refer to the action of a superior to a subordinate, the shimo nidan conjugation pattern was used to refer to the action of a subordinate to a superior.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "仕える",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tukaferu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕え",
      "roman": "tsukae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えた",
      "roman": "tsukaeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "つかえる",
        "hhira": "つかへる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "仕(つか)える • (tsukaeru) ^(←つかへる (tukaferu)?)intransitive ichidan (stem 仕(つか)え (tsukae), past 仕(つか)えた (tsukaeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to be useful, to be capable of being used",
      "roman": "tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "使",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "使える"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to become clogged, blocked, stopped-up",
      "roman": "tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "支",
          "つか"
        ],
        [
          "閊",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "支える, 閊える"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to serve, serve under, take service under"
      ],
      "id": "en-仕える-ja-verb-VVktK6Jb",
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "roman": "hōshi suru",
          "sense": "serve, serve under",
          "word": "奉仕する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "roman": "bushi suru",
          "sense": "serve, serve under",
          "word": "奉仕する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enter public service"
      ],
      "id": "en-仕える-ja-verb-JnYKbn8f",
      "links": [
        [
          "public service",
          "public service"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "roman": "shikan suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "仕",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "官",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "enter public service",
          "word": "仕官する"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つかえる"
    },
    {
      "other": "つかえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨᵝka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū"
  ],
  "word": "仕える"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese type 2 verbs",
    "Japanese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kami ni tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "神",
          "かみ"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "神に仕える serve God"
    },
    {
      "english": "serve a master, serve an employer faithfully",
      "roman": "shujin ni tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "主",
          "しゅ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "主人に仕える"
    },
    {
      "english": "serve two masters",
      "roman": "nikun ni tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "二",
          "に"
        ],
        [
          "君",
          "くん"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "二君に仕える"
    },
    {
      "english": "it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else",
      "roman": "sumajiki mono wa miyazukae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "宮",
          "みや"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "づか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "すまじきものは宮仕え"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsukaeme",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "仕え女: maidservant"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsukaematsuru",
      "word": "仕え奉る: to serve"
    },
    {
      "word": "to build something as commanded"
    },
    {
      "english": "personal attendant, valet, maid",
      "roman": "sobazukae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "側",
          "そば"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "づか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "側仕え"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miyazukae",
      "word": "宮仕え: service to the royal court"
    },
    {
      "word": "public service"
    },
    {
      "word": "company employment"
    },
    {
      "english": "to serve multiple masters or causes at the same time",
      "roman": "kanetsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "兼",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "兼ね仕える"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "使う",
        "pos": "tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”"
      },
      "expansion": "使う (tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下二段活用",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lower bigrade conjgation",
        "tr": "shimo nidan katsuyō"
      },
      "expansion": "下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjgation”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下二段活用",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lower bigrade conjugation",
        "tr": "shimo nidan katsuyō"
      },
      "expansion": "下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "下一段活用",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lower monograde conjugation",
        "tr": "shimo ichidan katsuyō"
      },
      "expansion": "下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "四段活用",
        "3": "",
        "4": "quadrigrade conjugation",
        "tr": "yodan katsuyō"
      },
      "expansion": "四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/tukapu/ → /t͡sukafu/ → /t͡sukafuru/ → /t͡sukaferu/ → /t͡sukaeru/\nFrom Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū of 759.\nCognate with 使う (tsukau, ancient tsukapu; “to use”), and derived via regular historical processes from the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjgation”) verb paradigm from this same root form.\nDevelopment\nNatural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.\n\nWhile the 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”) pattern for tsukau was used to refer to the action of a superior to a subordinate, the shimo nidan conjugation pattern was used to refer to the action of a subordinate to a superior.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "仕える",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tukaferu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕え",
      "roman": "tsukae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えた",
      "roman": "tsukaeta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaeta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仕えれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "つかえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsukaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "つかえる",
        "hhira": "つかへる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "仕(つか)える • (tsukaeru) ^(←つかへる (tukaferu)?)intransitive ichidan (stem 仕(つか)え (tsukae), past 仕(つか)えた (tsukaeta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to be useful, to be capable of being used",
      "roman": "tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "使",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "使える"
    },
    {
      "english": "to become clogged, blocked, stopped-up",
      "roman": "tsukaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "支",
          "つか"
        ],
        [
          "閊",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "支える, 閊える"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to serve, serve under, take service under"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to enter public service"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "public service",
          "public service"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つかえる"
    },
    {
      "other": "つかえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨᵝka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hōshi suru",
      "sense": "serve, serve under",
      "word": "奉仕する"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bushi suru",
      "sense": "serve, serve under",
      "word": "奉仕する"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shikan suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "仕",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "官",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "enter public service",
      "word": "仕官する"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū"
  ],
  "word": "仕える"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.