授ける

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 授ける, read さずける, and it is an ichidan transitive verb for an authorized or qualified person giving an award, status, knowledge, or skill.
• Basic usage: 授ける means to award a distinction or pass valuable knowledge and technique on to a learner.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Formal presentation and transmission of a long-held technique
  • The forms are 授けた and 授ける. A principal formally presents an award to a winner, while an old artisan passes a secret technique to an apprentice.
• An award for a winning student and a secret passed to an apprentice
  • 校長は優勝した生徒に賞を授けた。 — The principal presented an award to the winning student.
  • 老職人が弟子に秘伝の技を授ける。 — The old artisan passes a secret technique on to an apprentice.