VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

植える

うえる
hepburn ueru

to plant (a plant)

Part of speech · ichidan-verb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 木を植えました。
    I planted a tree.
  2. 庭に花を植える。
    I plant flowers in the garden.

Collocations

植える (ueru, plant)木を植える花を植える植木 (ueki, plant)植物 (shokubutsu, flora)

Mnemonic

Ueru (植える) is "to plant (a plant)" — B + no-cluster ichidan verb. Kanji 植 (plant) + eru ichidan. Homophonous with ueru-starve (飢える) — kanji separates. Derivatives: (1) ueki (potted plant / garden tree); (2) shokubutsu (flora); (3) shokuminchi (colony). Korean simda / jaebaehada and Chinese zhong / zaizhi split parallel; Japans ueru homophone split.

Quick check

  1. Ueru-plant vs ueru-starve?

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