I Love Kanjiしくじる (shikujiru)
しくじる is a Japanese verb meaning “to fail; to blunder”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しくじる
- Romaji
- shikujiru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to screw up · godan verb, intransitive
- to be dismissed; to be fired · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of しくじる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | しくじる | しくじる shikujiru |
| Polite (~masu) | しくじります | しくじります shikujirimasu |
| Negative | しくじらない | しくじらない shikujiranai |
| Polite negative | しくじりません | しくじりません shikujirimasen |
| Past | しくじった | しくじった shikujitta |
| Polite past | しくじりました | しくじりました shikujirimashita |
| Negative past | しくじらなかった | しくじらなかった shikujiranakatta |
| Te-form | しくじって | しくじって shikujitte |
| Potential | しくじれる | しくじれる shikujireru |
| Passive | しくじられる | しくじられる shikujirareru |
| Causative | しくじらせる | しくじらせる shikujiraseru |
| Volitional | しくじろう | しくじろう shikujirou |
| Imperative | しくじれ | しくじれ shikujire |
| Conditional (~ba) | しくじれば | しくじれば shikujireba |
Source: JMdict entry 1005500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.