I Love Kanji改まる (aratamaru)
改まる (あらたまる, aratamaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be renewed; to change”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あらたまる
- Romaji
- aratamaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be renewed; to change · godan verb, intransitive
- to be improved; to be reformed; to be revised; to be corrected · godan verb, intransitive
- to stand on ceremony; to be formal · godan verb, intransitive
- to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 革まる
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 改まる
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 | 改まる | あらたまる aratamaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 改まります | あらたまります aratamarimasu |
| Negative | 改まらない | あらたまらない aratamaranai |
| Polite negative | 改まりません | あらたまりません aratamarimasen |
| Past | 改まった | あらたまった aratamatta |
| Polite past | 改まりました | あらたまりました aratamarimashita |
| Negative past | 改まらなかった | あらたまらなかった aratamaranakatta |
| Te-form | 改まって | あらたまって aratamatte |
| Potential | 改まれる | あらたまれる aratamareru |
| Passive | 改まられる | あらたまられる aratamarareru |
| Causative | 改まらせる | あらたまらせる aratamaraseru |
| Volitional | 改まろう | あらたまろう aratamarou |
| Imperative | 改まれ | あらたまれ aratamare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 改まれば | あらたまれば aratamareba |
Kanji in 改まる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 改まる.
改善かいぜんbetterment改札かいさつexamination of tickets改正かいせいrevision改造かいぞうremodeling改めてあらためてanother time改めるあらためるto change改革かいかくreform改修かいしゅうrepair改定かいていrevision (of a rule, price, etc.)改訂かいていrevision (of text)改良かいりょうimprovement改悪かいあくchanging (something) for the worse
Source: JMdict entry 1200730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.