加える To Add

Meaning

Primary

To Add

Alternative

To Include

Word Type

transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb.

The kanji itself means add and this word is the verb version of that: to add.

This is a transitive verb, meaning that you are doing the adding to something else. You add a nose to your snowman, for example.

Reading

くわえる

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 decide to add something and then to add something else, and you end up with quite a quantity (くわ) of things. Just keep adding and adding forever. What a huge QUANTITY you now have!

Context

Context Sentences

ここで少し塩を加えると味が引き立ちます。

Adding a little salt here enhances the flavor.

このアプリを使うと、動画にアニメを加えることができます。

This application allows you to add animation to your videos.

何事も一手間加えるだけで、グッと良くなるものなんですよね。

Adding just a little extra effort can greatly improve anything, you know.

Kanji Composition

1. 加

   か Add