JLPT N3 · Verb

暮らす (kurasu)

暮らす (くらす, kurasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: くらす
Romaji: kurasu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to get along; to get by · godan verb, intransitive
to make a living; to earn a livelihood · godan verb, intransitive
to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing); to live; to get on (doing) · godan verb, transitive, intransitive · dated
to do daily; to do all day long; to continue doing · suffix, godan verb · after the -masu stem of a verb

Example sentences

１日１ドルでアメリカで暮らしていけると思いますか。

Do you think you can live on a dollar a day in America?

Tatoeba #235708

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

Conjugation of 暮らす

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	暮らす	くらす kurasu
Polite (~masu)	暮らします	くらします kurashimasu
Negative	暮らさない	くらさない kurasanai
Polite negative	暮らしません	くらしません kurashimasen
Past	暮らした	くらした kurashita
Polite past	暮らしました	くらしました kurashimashita
Negative past	暮らさなかった	くらさなかった kurasanakatta
Te-form	暮らして	くらして kurashite
Potential	暮らせる	くらせる kuraseru
Passive	暮らされる	くらされる kurasareru
Causative	暮らさせる	くらさせる kurasaseru
Volitional	暮らそう	くらそう kurasou
Imperative	暮らせ	くらせ kurase
Conditional (~ba)	暮らせば	くらせば kuraseba

Kanji in 暮らす

暮

evening, twilight, season's endボ・く.れる・く.らす · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 暮らす.

暮れるくれるto get dark暮れくれsunset暮らしくらし(way of) life夕暮れゆうぐれevening

Source: JMdict entry 1514940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.