I Love Kanji恐れ入る (osoreiru)
恐れ入る (おそれいる, osoreiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- おそれいる
- Romaji
- osoreiru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to feel small · godan verb, intransitive
- to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be thankful · godan verb, intransitive
- to be amazed; to be greatly impressed; to admire · godan verb, intransitive
- to be dumbfounded; to be confounded; to be stunned; to be fed up (with); to be defeated · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 恐れ入る
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 | 恐れ入る | おそれいる osoreiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 恐れ入ります | おそれいります osoreirimasu |
| Negative | 恐れ入らない | おそれいらない osoreiranai |
| Polite negative | 恐れ入りません | おそれいりません osoreirimasen |
| Past | 恐れ入った | おそれいった osoreitta |
| Polite past | 恐れ入りました | おそれいりました osoreirimashita |
| Negative past | 恐れ入らなかった | おそれいらなかった osoreiranakatta |
| Te-form | 恐れ入って | おそれいって osoreitte |
| Potential | 恐れ入れる | おそれいれる osoreireru |
| Passive | 恐れ入られる | おそれいられる osoreirareru |
| Causative | 恐れ入らせる | おそれいらせる osoreiraseru |
| Volitional | 恐れ入ろう | おそれいろう osoreirou |
| Imperative | 恐れ入れ | おそれいれ osoreire |
| Conditional (~ba) | 恐れ入れば | おそれいれば osoreireba |
Kanji in 恐れ入る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 恐れ入る.
恐怖きょうふfear恐らくおそらくprobably恐れるおそれるto fear恐ろしいおそろしいterrible恐縮きょうしゅくfeeling (much) obliged恐れおそれfear入口いりぐちentrance入るはいるto enter入れるいれるto put in入学にゅうがくadmission (to a school or university)輸入ゆにゅうimport入院にゅういんhospitalization押し入れおしいれcloset (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors)収入しゅうにゅうincome
Source: JMdict entry 1236680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.