1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

   1.

   to stick; to paste; to affix

2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb, Transitive verb

   2.

   to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten

3. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

   3.

   to form (e.g. ice on a pond)

Example sentences

• 私が出すの頼んでおいた手紙にさ、切手貼るの忘れないでよ。

  Please don't forget to put stamps on the letters that I gave you to mail.

• 手紙に貼る三銭切手が買えないで、幾日も床の間の上に置いてあるようになった。

  I could not buy the 3 sen stamp to put on the letter, so it ended up staying for many days on top of the tokonoma.