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おだてる: to flatter — Japanese vocabulary

おだてる means "to flatter". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

おだてる

Reading
おだてる · odateru
Translation
to flatter
Level
JLPT N1

Example

まず彼をおだてておいたほうがいいですよ。

まずかれをおだてておいたほうがいいですよ。

You had better try buttering him up first.

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