Vocabulary

What does 渡す (わたす, watasu) mean?

渡す (わたす, watasu) means to hand over, to give.

Quick facts
Readingわたす
Romajiwatasu
Part of speechgodan verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
わたす
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonwatasu

to hand over, to give

  1. 1godan verb · transitive to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse
  2. 2godan verb · transitive to lay across; to build across
  3. 3godan verb · transitive to hand over; to hand in; to pass

Example sentences

  • I hand in my homework to the teacher.

  • I handed the book to my friend.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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