I Love Kanji蹴る (keru)
蹴る (ける, keru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to kick”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ける
- Romaji
- keru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to kick · godan verb, transitive · orig. ichidan verb
- to refuse; to reject · godan verb, transitive
- to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 蹴る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 蹴る | ける keru |
| Polite (~masu) | 蹴ります | けります kerimasu |
| Negative | 蹴らない | けらない keranai |
| Polite negative | 蹴りません | けりません kerimasen |
| Past | 蹴った | けった ketta |
| Polite past | 蹴りました | けりました kerimashita |
| Negative past | 蹴らなかった | けらなかった keranakatta |
| Te-form | 蹴って | けって kette |
| Potential | 蹴れる | けれる kereru |
| Passive | 蹴られる | けられる kerareru |
| Causative | 蹴らせる | けらせる keraseru |
| Volitional | 蹴ろう | けろう kerou |
| Imperative | 蹴れ | けれ kere |
| Conditional (~ba) | 蹴れば | ければ kereba |
Kanji in 蹴る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 蹴る.
Source: JMdict entry 1333400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.