供える

そなえる
Frequency:
1

To offer or dedicate something (such as flowers, food, or other offerings) to a shrine, altar, or as a sacrifice; to present or devote (one's feelings, a gift).

Ru-VerbTransitive Verb

Examples

毎月、祖母の墓に花と線香を供える。

Every month I offer flowers and incense at my grandmother's grave.

神社に感謝の気持ちを供えるために参拝した。

I visited the shrine to offer my thanks.

部族の儀式で若者が命を供えるという伝承が残っている。

There remains a tradition that young people would sacrifice their lives in the tribe's ritual.

Word Relationships

Synonyms
Derivations
Masu-Form供えます
Nai-Form供えない
Ta-Form供えた
Te-Form供えて
Ba-Form供えれば
Volitional Form供えよう
Imperative Form供えろ
Potential Form供えられる
Passive Form供えられる
Causative Form供えさせる
Causative Passive Form供えさせられる