I Love Kanji得る (eru)
得る (える, eru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get; to earn”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- える
- Romaji
- eru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain · ichidan verb, transitive · 獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.
- to understand; to comprehend · ichidan verb, transitive
- to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to be able to ..., can ... · auxiliary verb, ichidan verb, transitive · after the -masu stem of a verb
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 得る
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 得る | える eru |
| Polite (~masu) | 得ます | えます emasu |
| Negative | 得ない | えない enai |
| Polite negative | 得ません | えません emasen |
| Past | 得た | えた eta |
| Polite past | 得ました | えました emashita |
| Negative past | 得なかった | えなかった enakatta |
| Te-form | 得て | えて ete |
| Potential | 得られる | えられる erareru |
| Passive | 得られる | えられる erareru |
| Causative | 得させる | えさせる esaseru |
| Volitional | 得よう | えよう eyou |
| Imperative | 得ろ | えろ ero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 得れば | えれば ereba |
Kanji in 得る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 得る.
得意とくいsatisfaction納得なっとくconsent損得そんとくloss and gain心得るこころえるto know心得こころえknowledge (of a skill, art, etc.)得点とくてんscoring獲得かくとくacquisition所得しょとくincome説得せっとくpersuasion
Source: JMdict entry 1588760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.