- 1. [v1, vi] to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog (uk)
- 2. [v1, vi] to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full (uk)
- 3. [v1, vi] to be piled up (e.g. of work) (uk)
- 4. [v1, vi] to halt (in one's speech); to stumble (over one's words); to stutter; to stammer (uk)
- 5. [v1, vi] to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain (uk)
Conjugation — Verb (ichidan)
| Dictionary form | つかえる | (tsukaeru) |
| Polite | つかえます | (tsukaemasu) |
| Past, plain | つかえた | (tsukaeta) |
| Past, polite | つかえました | (tsukaemashita) |
| Negative, plain | つかえない | (tsukaenai) |
| Negative, polite | つかえません | (tsukaemasen) |
| Past negative, plain | つかえなかった | (tsukaenakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | つかえませんでした | (tsukaemasendeshita) |
| Te-form | つかえて | (tsukaete) |
| Potential | つかえられる | (tsukaerareru) |
| Volitional | つかえよう | (tsukaeyou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | つかえれば | (tsukaereba) |
| Passive | つかえられる | (tsukaerareru) |
| Causative | つかえさせる | (tsukaesaseru) |
| Imperative | つかえろ | (tsukaero) |
Kanji in this word
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閊
to be obstructed, to be blocked, (kokuji)Kun: つか.える (tsuka.eru)