I Love Kanji暮れる (kureru)
暮れる (くれる, kureru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get dark; to grow dark”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くれる
- Romaji
- kureru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get dark; to grow dark · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 暮れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 暮れる | くれる kureru |
| Polite (~masu) | 暮れます | くれます kuremasu |
| Negative | 暮れない | くれない kurenai |
| Polite negative | 暮れません | くれません kuremasen |
| Past | 暮れた | くれた kureta |
| Polite past | 暮れました | くれました kuremashita |
| Negative past | 暮れなかった | くれなかった kurenakatta |
| Te-form | 暮れて | くれて kurete |
| Potential | 暮れられる | くれられる kurerareru |
| Passive | 暮れられる | くれられる kurerareru |
| Causative | 暮れさせる | くれさせる kuresaseru |
| Volitional | 暮れよう | くれよう kureyou |
| Imperative | 暮れろ | くれろ kurero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 暮れれば | くれれば kurereba |
Kanji in 暮れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 暮れる.
Source: JMdict entry 1514960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.