I Love Kanji朽ちる (kuchiru)
朽ちる (くちる, kuchiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to rot; to decay”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- くちる
- Romaji
- kuchiru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to rot; to decay · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to die in obscurity · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be forgotten with time · ichidan verb, intransitive · often in neg.
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 朽ちる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 朽ちる | くちる kuchiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 朽ちます | くちます kuchimasu |
| Negative | 朽ちない | くちない kuchinai |
| Polite negative | 朽ちません | くちません kuchimasen |
| Past | 朽ちた | くちた kuchita |
| Polite past | 朽ちました | くちました kuchimashita |
| Negative past | 朽ちなかった | くちなかった kuchinakatta |
| Te-form | 朽ちて | くちて kuchite |
| Potential | 朽ちられる | くちられる kuchirareru |
| Passive | 朽ちられる | くちられる kuchirareru |
| Causative | 朽ちさせる | くちさせる kuchisaseru |
| Volitional | 朽ちよう | くちよう kuchiyou |
| Imperative | 朽ちろ | くちろ kuchiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 朽ちれば | くちれば kuchireba |
Kanji in 朽ちる
Source: JMdict entry 1229310 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.