I Love Kanji剃る (soru)
剃る (そる, soru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shave”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そる
- Romaji
- soru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to shave · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 剃る
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 | 剃る | そる soru |
| Polite (~masu) | 剃ります | そります sorimasu |
| Negative | 剃らない | そらない soranai |
| Polite negative | 剃りません | そりません sorimasen |
| Past | 剃った | そった sotta |
| Polite past | 剃りました | そりました sorimashita |
| Negative past | 剃らなかった | そらなかった soranakatta |
| Te-form | 剃って | そって sotte |
| Potential | 剃れる | それる soreru |
| Passive | 剃られる | そられる sorareru |
| Causative | 剃らせる | そらせる soraseru |
| Volitional | 剃ろう | そろう sorou |
| Imperative | 剃れ | それ sore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 剃れば | それば soreba |
Kanji in 剃る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 剃る.
剃刀かみそりrazor
Source: JMdict entry 1581900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.