JLPT N5 · Verb

入る (hairu)

入る (はいる, hairu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to enter; to come in”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はいる
Romaji: hairu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive · godan verb, intransitive
to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into · godan verb, intransitive
to be contained (in); to be included (in); to be inside (e.g. a box); to come under (a heading); to belong (in a category) · godan verb, intransitive
to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.); to be (able to be) held; to be (able to be) accommodated · godan verb, intransitive
to be introduced; to be brought in; to be installed · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

日本の家に入るときには靴を脱がなくてはなりません。

You must remove your shoes when you enter a Japanese house.

Tatoeba #122660

目に砂が入りました。

I got some sand in my eye.

Tatoeba #79972

彼は大学へ進まず実業界に入った。

He entered the business world instead of going on to college.

Tatoeba #102444

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

Conjugation of 入る

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	入る	はいる hairu
Polite (~masu)	入ります	はいります hairimasu
Negative	入らない	はいらない hairanai
Polite negative	入りません	はいりません hairimasen
Past	入った	はいった haitta
Polite past	入りました	はいりました hairimashita
Negative past	入らなかった	はいらなかった hairanakatta
Te-form	入って	はいって haitte
Potential	入れる	はいれる haireru
Passive	入られる	はいられる hairareru
Causative	入らせる	はいらせる hairaseru
Volitional	入ろう	はいろう hairou
Imperative	入れ	はいれ haire
Conditional (~ba)	入れば	はいれば haireba

Kanji in 入る

入

enter, insertニュウ・ジュ・い.る・-い.る · 2 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 入る.

入口いりぐちentrance入れるいれるto put in入学にゅうがくadmission (to a school or university)輸入ゆにゅうimport入院にゅういんhospitalization押し入れおしいれcloset (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors)収入しゅうにゅうincome記入きにゅうentry (in a form, register, diary, etc.)入場にゅうじょうentrance気に入るきにいるto like侵入しんにゅうinvasion入社にゅうしゃjoining a company入れ物いれものcontainer出入りでいりgoing in and out

Source: JMdict entry 1465590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.