控える (ひかえる) — to refrain, to hold back, to note down
控える
to refrain
Frequency #3035
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
3 characters
ichidan verb · transitive/intransitive
Part of speech (JMdict: v1, vi, vt)
hikaeru
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
ひかえる[3] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- to refrain
- to hold back
- to note down