JLPT N3 · Verb

映える (haeru)

映える (はえる, haeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shine; to glow”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はえる
Romaji
haeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to shine; to glow · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by) · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

夕空に映えて塔が美しく見える。
The tower looks beautiful against the evening sky.

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

Conjugation of 映える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary映えるはえる haeru
Polite (~masu)映えますはえます haemasu
Negative映えないはえない haenai
Polite negative映えませんはえません haemasen
Past映えたはえた haeta
Polite past映えましたはえました haemashita
Negative past映えなかったはえなかった haenakatta
Te-form映えてはえて haete
Potential映えられるはえられる haerareru
Passive映えられるはえられる haerareru
Causative映えさせるはえさせる haesaseru
Volitional映えようはえよう haeyou
Imperative映えろはえろ haero
Conditional (~ba)映えればはえれば haereba

Kanji in 映える

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 映える.

Source: JMdict entry 1600620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.