I Love Kanji縮れる (chijireru)
縮れる (ちぢれる, chijireru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be wavy; to be curled”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちぢれる
- Romaji
- chijireru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 縮れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 縮れる | ちぢれる chijireru |
| Polite (~masu) | 縮れます | ちぢれます chijiremasu |
| Negative | 縮れない | ちぢれない chijirenai |
| Polite negative | 縮れません | ちぢれません chijiremasen |
| Past | 縮れた | ちぢれた chijireta |
| Polite past | 縮れました | ちぢれました chijiremashita |
| Negative past | 縮れなかった | ちぢれなかった chijirenakatta |
| Te-form | 縮れて | ちぢれて chijirete |
| Potential | 縮れられる | ちぢれられる chijirerareru |
| Passive | 縮れられる | ちぢれられる chijirerareru |
| Causative | 縮れさせる | ちぢれさせる chijiresaseru |
| Volitional | 縮れよう | ちぢれよう chijireyou |
| Imperative | 縮れろ | ちぢれろ chijirero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 縮れれば | ちぢれれば chijirereba |
Kanji in 縮れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 縮れる.
圧縮あっしゅくcompression恐縮きょうしゅくfeeling (much) obliged縮小しゅくしょうreduction縮むちぢむto shrink縮めるちぢめるto shorten短縮たんしゅくshortening縮まるちぢまるto shorten
Source: JMdict entry 1337590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.