JLPT N3 · Verb

去る (saru)

去る (さる, saru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to leave; to go away”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
さる
Romaji
saru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to leave; to go away · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to pass; to elapse · godan verb, intransitive
  3. to be distant · godan verb, intransitive
  4. to send away; to drive off; to divorce · godan verb, transitive
  5. to (do) completely · auxiliary verb, godan verb · after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb

Example sentences

1900年に彼はイギリスを去り、そのまま二度と戻らなかった。
In 1900, he left England, and he never returned.
古き良き時代は去って、二度ともどってこない。
The good old days have gone, never to return.

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

Conjugation of 去る

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary去るさる saru
Polite (~masu)去りますさります sarimasu
Negative去らないさらない saranai
Polite negative去りませんさりません sarimasen
Past去ったさった satta
Polite past去りましたさりました sarimashita
Negative past去らなかったさらなかった saranakatta
Te-form去ってさって satte
Potential去れるされる sareru
Passive去られるさられる sarareru
Causative去らせるさらせる saraseru
Volitional去ろうさろう sarou
Imperative去れされ sare
Conditional (~ba)去ればされば sareba

Kanji in 去る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 去る.

Source: JMdict entry 1231650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.