JLPT N1 · Verb

むしる (mushiru)

むしる is a Japanese verb meaning “to pluck; to pick”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
むしる
Romaji
mushiru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to pluck; to pick; to tear · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

ぐはっ!?俺の貴重な頭髪を、むしるな!
O-oi!? Don't rip off my precious hair!

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

Conjugation of むしる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryむしるむしる mushiru
Polite (~masu)むしりますむしります mushirimasu
Negativeむしらないむしらない mushiranai
Polite negativeむしりませんむしりません mushirimasen
Pastむしったむしった mushitta
Polite pastむしりましたむしりました mushirimashita
Negative pastむしらなかったむしらなかった mushiranakatta
Te-formむしってむしって mushitte
Potentialむしれるむしれる mushireru
Passiveむしられるむしられる mushirareru
Causativeむしらせるむしらせる mushiraseru
Volitionalむしろうむしろう mushirou
Imperativeむしれむしれ mushire
Conditional (~ba)むしればむしれば mushireba

Source: JMdict entry 1568540 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.