JLPT N4 · Verb

寄る (yoru)

寄る (よる, yoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to approach; to draw near”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よる
Romaji: yoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to · godan verb, intransitive
to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet · godan verb, intransitive
to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit · godan verb, intransitive
to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
to grow (wrinkly) · godan verb, intransitive · in the form of しわが寄る

Example sentences

ちょっと寄って行きませんか。

Won't you come in for a moment?

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

Conjugation of 寄る

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	寄る	よる yoru
Polite (~masu)	寄ります	よります yorimasu
Negative	寄らない	よらない yoranai
Polite negative	寄りません	よりません yorimasen
Past	寄った	よった yotta
Polite past	寄りました	よりました yorimashita
Negative past	寄らなかった	よらなかった yoranakatta
Te-form	寄って	よって yotte
Potential	寄れる	よれる yoreru
Passive	寄られる	よられる yorareru
Causative	寄らせる	よらせる yoraseru
Volitional	寄ろう	よろう yorou
Imperative	寄れ	よれ yore
Conditional (~ba)	寄れば	よれば yoreba

Kanji in 寄る

寄

draw near, stop in, bring nearキ・よ.る・-よ.り · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 寄る.

寄付きふcontribution年寄としよりold person寄せるよせるto come near片寄るかたよるto lean (to one side)近寄るちかよるto approach寄贈きぞうdonation寄与きよcontribution立ち寄るたちよるto drop by取り寄せるとりよせるto order寄りよりpushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters押し寄せるおしよせるto advance on寄り掛かるよりかかるto lean against

Source: JMdict entry 1219680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.