I Love Kanji悟る (satoru)
悟る (さとる, satoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sense; to perceive”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- さとる
- Romaji
- satoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to sense; to perceive; to notice; to discern; to become aware of · godan verb, transitive
- to understand; to comprehend; to realize · godan verb, transitive
- to attain enlightenment · godan verb, transitive, intransitive
Example sentences
彼はドイツ語で自分の言いたいことを伝えるのは難しいと悟った。
He found it difficult to make himself understood in German.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 悟る
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 | 悟る | さとる satoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 悟ります | さとります satorimasu |
| Negative | 悟らない | さとらない satoranai |
| Polite negative | 悟りません | さとりません satorimasen |
| Past | 悟った | さとった satotta |
| Polite past | 悟りました | さとりました satorimashita |
| Negative past | 悟らなかった | さとらなかった satoranakatta |
| Te-form | 悟って | さとって satotte |
| Potential | 悟れる | さとれる satoreru |
| Passive | 悟られる | さとられる satorareru |
| Causative | 悟らせる | さとらせる satoraseru |
| Volitional | 悟ろう | さとろう satorou |
| Imperative | 悟れ | さとれ satore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 悟れば | さとれば satoreba |
Kanji in 悟る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 悟る.
Source: JMdict entry 1270850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.