JLPT N1 · Verb

焦る (aseru)

焦る (あせる, aseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be in a hurry; to be impatient”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あせる
Romaji
aseru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to fret · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered; to be startled · godan verb, intransitive · colloquial

Example sentences

彼は新しい仕事を始めようとあせっていた。
He was in a hurry to begin the new job.

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

Conjugation of 焦る

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary焦るあせる aseru
Polite (~masu)焦りますあせります aserimasu
Negative焦らないあせらない aseranai
Polite negative焦りませんあせりません aserimasen
Past焦ったあせった asetta
Polite past焦りましたあせりました aserimashita
Negative past焦らなかったあせらなかった aseranakatta
Te-form焦ってあせって asette
Potential焦れるあせれる asereru
Passive焦られるあせられる aserareru
Causative焦らせるあせらせる aseraseru
Volitional焦ろうあせろう aserou
Imperative焦れあせれ asere
Conditional (~ba)焦ればあせれば asereba

Kanji in 焦る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 焦る.

Source: JMdict entry 1350780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.