I Love Kanjiしびれる (shibireru)
しびれる is a Japanese verb meaning “to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しびれる
- Romaji
- shibireru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb) · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock) · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to be excited; to be titillated; to be mesmerized; to be enthralled · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of しびれる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | しびれる | しびれる shibireru |
| Polite (~masu) | しびれます | しびれます shibiremasu |
| Negative | しびれない | しびれない shibirenai |
| Polite negative | しびれません | しびれません shibiremasen |
| Past | しびれた | しびれた shibireta |
| Polite past | しびれました | しびれました shibiremashita |
| Negative past | しびれなかった | しびれなかった shibirenakatta |
| Te-form | しびれて | しびれて shibirete |
| Potential | しびれられる | しびれられる shibirerareru |
| Passive | しびれられる | しびれられる shibirerareru |
| Causative | しびれさせる | しびれさせる shibiresaseru |
| Volitional | しびれよう | しびれよう shibireyou |
| Imperative | しびれろ | しびれろ shibirero |
| Conditional (~ba) | しびれれば | しびれれば shibirereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1569620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.