Meaning

Primary

To Append

Alternatives

To Accompany, To Garnish

Word Type

transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

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

Reading

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

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: To append something to something else, you can just sew () it onto something else.

Context

Context Sentences

そのシェフは、ステーキにバニラアイスクリームを添えた。

The chef garnished the steak with some vanilla ice cream.

Kanji Composition