I Love Kanji信じる (shinjiru)
信じる (しんじる, shinjiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to believe; to believe in”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しんじる
- Romaji
- shinjiru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 信じる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 信じる | しんじる shinjiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 信じます | しんじます shinjimasu |
| Negative | 信じない | しんじない shinjinai |
| Polite negative | 信じません | しんじません shinjimasen |
| Past | 信じた | しんじた shinjita |
| Polite past | 信じました | しんじました shinjimashita |
| Negative past | 信じなかった | しんじなかった shinjinakatta |
| Te-form | 信じて | しんじて shinjite |
| Potential | 信じられる | しんじられる shinjirareru |
| Passive | 信じられる | しんじられる shinjirareru |
| Causative | 信じさせる | しんじさせる shinjisaseru |
| Volitional | 信じよう | しんじよう shinjiyou |
| Imperative | 信じろ | しんじろ shinjiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 信じれば | しんじれば shinjireba |
Kanji in 信じる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 信じる.
信仰しんこう(religious) faith信号しんごうsignal信用しんようconfidence信頼しんらいtrust (in)通信つうしんcorrespondence迷信めいしんsuperstition信ずるしんずるto believe確信かくしんconviction信者しんじゃbeliever信任しんにんtrust
Source: JMdict entry 1359040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.