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愛でる

愛でる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

  • 賞でる (rare)

Verb

愛でる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana めでる, romaji mederu)

  1. to love
     (はな) ()でる
    hana o mederu
    to love flowers
  2. to admire, to appreciate

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References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9