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Kana: のせる Romaji: noseru Level: N3

乗せる

Meaning in English

put on, place aboard, give a ride

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What it means

乗せる means to place onto a surface or onto a vehicle, and to give someone a ride.

Main meanings

  • to place on top of or onto something, such as loading cargo or attaching objects
  • to give someone a ride, to transport someone by vehicle

How to use it

Used with を for the thing being placed and に for the person or vehicle receiving the action; usable in casual and polite registers; common contexts include loading goods into a car or other vehicle and offering someone a ride; the te-form 乗せて and past 乗せた are common conjugations for sequencing actions, requests, or past events.

Variants and close terms

  • 乗せる noseru — to place on, to load onto, to give a ride
  • 載せる noseru — to publish or feature in a publication or on a platform
  • 降ろす orosu — to unload, to take down from a vehicle (antonym in loading/unloading context)

Composition

  • 乗: ride, board, mount
  • せる: a suffix that, when attached to the stem, forms a transitive verb meaning to place onto or to cause to ride

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transitive verb (ru-verb)

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