据える

• 読み: すえる
• ローマ字: sueru
• 漢字の分解: 据 (kyo/su) — set, place, install
• 発音: /sɯ.e.ɾɯ/

意味

To place; to set; to install; to fix in position. To put something firmly in its designated place.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb meaning to place something deliberately and firmly. Used for installing equipment, positioning objects, or figuratively for appointing someone to a position. The expression 腹を据える (to steel oneself) and 目を据える (to fix one's gaze) are common idioms using this verb.

例文

1. 庭に新しいベンチを据えた。
2. 大砲を丘の上に据えて敵に備えた。
3. 腹を据えて最後まで戦う覚悟だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: physical placement, military, idiomatic expressions

トーン: deliberate

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese, the kanji 据 combines 手 (hand) with 居 (sit, reside), conveying the image of placing something by hand so it sits firmly in position.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal