JLPT N1 · Verb

着飾る (kikazaru)

着飾る (きかざる, kikazaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to dress up”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
きかざる
Romaji
kikazaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to dress up · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

アメリカ人は一般に着飾ることを好まない。
Americans, in general, don't like to dress up.

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

Conjugation of 着飾る

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary着飾るきかざる kikazaru
Polite (~masu)着飾りますきかざります kikazarimasu
Negative着飾らないきかざらない kikazaranai
Polite negative着飾りませんきかざりません kikazarimasen
Past着飾ったきかざった kikazatta
Polite past着飾りましたきかざりました kikazarimashita
Negative past着飾らなかったきかざらなかった kikazaranakatta
Te-form着飾ってきかざって kikazatte
Potential着飾れるきかざれる kikazareru
Passive着飾られるきかざられる kikazarareru
Causative着飾らせるきかざらせる kikazaraseru
Volitional着飾ろうきかざろう kikazarou
Imperative着飾れきかざれ kikazare
Conditional (~ba)着飾ればきかざれば kikazareba

Kanji in 着飾る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 着飾る.

Source: JMdict entry 1423080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.