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

このイベントでは、赤ちゃんを連れる人がほとんどでした。

Most of the people at this event were accompanied by their babies.

よく母親に連れられて、コミュニティー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 community center.

うちの子が、子犬を一匹、連れて帰ってきました。

My child brought home one puppy.

Kanji Composition