Illustration: In the courtyard of a Japanese community center, two adults carefully lower a heavy stone mortar onto a thick straw pad for a mochi-making gathering. Their bent knees, firm grips, and concentrated faces show its weight.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

据すえる

sueru

to set in place

Example sentences

  1. 中央ちゅうおうには机つくえが据すえられていて、赤あかい革張かわばりの回転椅子かいてんいすがそえてあった。

    A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel chair.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. わたしは近眼きんがんのせいもありましょうが、机つくえは明あかるいところに据すえなければ、読よむことも書かくことも出来できません。

    It might be because I am near-sighted, but I can’t read or write if my desk is not in a brightly lit place.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 女性じょせいを主人公しゅじんこうに据すえた情緒的じょうちょてきな作品さくひんが多おおい。

    He mostly produced emotional films, featuring female characters.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 据

  • 据set; lay a foundationOnキョKunすえる・すわる

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