JLPT N1 · Verb

免れる (manugareru)

免れる (まぬがれる, manugareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まぬがれる
Romaji: manugareru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from · ichidan verb, transitive
to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert; to elude; to be exempted from · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

われわれはかろうじて事故を免れた。

We narrowly missed the accident.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 免れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	免れる	まぬがれる manugareru
Polite (~masu)	免れます	まぬがれます manugaremasu
Negative	免れない	まぬがれない manugarenai
Polite negative	免れません	まぬがれません manugaremasen
Past	免れた	まぬがれた manugareta
Polite past	免れました	まぬがれました manugaremashita
Negative past	免れなかった	まぬがれなかった manugarenakatta
Te-form	免れて	まぬがれて manugarete
Potential	免れられる	まぬがれられる manugarerareru
Passive	免れられる	まぬがれられる manugarerareru
Causative	免れさせる	まぬがれさせる manugaresaseru
Volitional	免れよう	まぬがれよう manugareyou
Imperative	免れろ	まぬがれろ manugarero
Conditional (~ba)	免れれば	まぬがれれば manugarereba

Kanji in 免れる

免

excuse, dismissalメン・まぬか.れる・まぬが.れる · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 免れる.

免許めんきょlicense御免ごめんI'm sorry免税めんぜいtax exemption免除めんじょexemption

Source: JMdict entry 1584670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.