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JLPT N1 · Verb

染まる (somaru)

染まる (そまる, somaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be dyed”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
そまる
Romaji
somaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be dyed · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

悪習に染まるのは簡単だ。
It's easy to fall into bad habits.
Tatoeba #191413

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

Conjugation of 染まる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary染まるそまる somaru
Polite (~masu)染まりますそまります somarimasu
Negative染まらないそまらない somaranai
Polite negative染まりませんそまりません somarimasen
Past染まったそまった somatta
Polite past染まりましたそまりました somarimashita
Negative past染まらなかったそまらなかった somaranakatta
Te-form染まってそまって somatte
Potential染まれるそまれる somareru
Passive染まられるそまられる somarareru
Causative染まらせるそまらせる somaraseru
Volitional染まろうそまろう somarou
Imperative染まれそまれ somare
Conditional (~ba)染まればそまれば somareba

Kanji in 染まる

染
dye, color, paintセン・そ.める・そ.まる · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 染まる.

汚染おせんpollution伝染でんせんcontagion感染かんせんinfection染めるそめるto dye染みるしみるto soak (into)

Source: JMdict entry 1391100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.