JLPT N3 · Verb

馴れる (nareru)

馴れる (なれる, nareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get used to; to grow accustomed to”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なれる
Romaji
nareru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 慣れる
  2. to become skilled in; to become experienced at · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 慣れる
  3. to become tame; to become domesticated · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 馴れる
  4. to get used to doing · ichidan verb, auxiliary verb · after the -masu stem of a verb

Example sentences

学生の時は勉強することになれていた。
I was used to studying when I was a student.
このらくだは人によくなれているからだれが乗っても大丈夫です。
This camel is so tame that anyone can ride it.

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

Conjugation of 馴れる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary馴れるなれる nareru
Polite (~masu)馴れますなれます naremasu
Negative馴れないなれない narenai
Polite negative馴れませんなれません naremasen
Past馴れたなれた nareta
Polite past馴れましたなれました naremashita
Negative past馴れなかったなれなかった narenakatta
Te-form馴れてなれて narete
Potential馴れられるなれられる narerareru
Passive馴れられるなれられる narerareru
Causative馴れさせるなれさせる naresaseru
Volitional馴れようなれよう nareyou
Imperative馴れろなれろ narero
Conditional (~ba)馴れればなれれば narereba

Kanji in 馴れる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 馴れる.

Source: JMdict entry 1212670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.