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25 与える To Give

Alternative Meanings

To Grant

Part of Speech

Transitive verb and Ichidan verb

Reading

あたえる

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

まず初めに、お忙しい中足をお運び頂き誠に有り難うございます。また、このような素晴らしいプレゼンテーションの機会を与えて頂いたことにも、感謝申し上げます。

Let me start off by thanking you all for coming and giving me such a great opportunity to show my presentation.

Meaning Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means give so the verb vocab version is to give or to grant.

Reading Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

You go to give a bone to your dog. Atta (あた) boy, Sparky! Atta boy.

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