Meaning

Primary

To Take Along

Alternative

To Bring A Person

Word Type

transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means take along so the verb vocab version is to take along.

Reading

つれる
  • 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: What are you going to take along? Whoa. That much? Why in the world do you have two () of everything?

Context

Context Sentences

そのヤクザは女を連れていました。

The yakuza was with a woman.

よく母親に連れられて、支えんセンターへ行っていたのを覚えています。

I remember my mom used to take me along to the support center.

フグを動物保護施設に連れていくしかありませんね。

We have no choice but to take Fugu to the animal shelter.

Kanji Composition