I Love Kanji晴れる (hareru)
晴れる (はれる, hareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to clear up; to clear away”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はれる
- Romaji
- hareru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to refresh (e.g. spirits) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be dispelled; to be banished · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
指輪を盗んだというトムの自白で女中の容疑は晴れた。
Tom's acknowledgement that he stole the ring cleared the maid of suspicion.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 晴れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 晴れる | はれる hareru |
| Polite (~masu) | 晴れます | はれます haremasu |
| Negative | 晴れない | はれない harenai |
| Polite negative | 晴れません | はれません haremasen |
| Past | 晴れた | はれた hareta |
| Polite past | 晴れました | はれました haremashita |
| Negative past | 晴れなかった | はれなかった harenakatta |
| Te-form | 晴れて | はれて harete |
| Potential | 晴れられる | はれられる harerareru |
| Passive | 晴れられる | はれられる harerareru |
| Causative | 晴れさせる | はれさせる haresaseru |
| Volitional | 晴れよう | はれよう hareyou |
| Imperative | 晴れろ | はれろ harero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 晴れれば | はれれば harereba |
Kanji in 晴れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 晴れる.
晴れはれclear weather素晴らしいすばらしいwonderful快晴かいせいclear weather晴天せいてんfine weather (i.e. little or no clouds)見晴らしみはらし(scenic) view
Source: JMdict entry 1376470 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.