片付ける

• 読み: かたづける
• ローマ字: katazukeru
• 漢字の分解: 片 (kata) — one side, fragment; 付 (zuke) — attach, put
• 発音: /ka.ta.zɯ.ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To tidy up; to put in order; to clean up; to put away. To organize things into their proper places.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb conjugated by dropping る. Used for cleaning rooms, putting away dishes, organizing desks, and more. The intransitive form is 片付く (to be tidied up). The compound 後片付け means cleanup after an event or meal.

例文

1. 食べたら食器を片付けてください。
2. 部屋を片付けないとお客さんが来られない。
3. 引っ越しの荷物をやっと片付けました。

使い方ガイド

場面: home, daily life, workplace

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 片 (one side, fragment) and 付ける (to attach, to put). The image is of putting scattered fragments back where they belong.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal