JLPT N1 · Verb

剥げる (hageru)

剥げる (はげる, hageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to peel off; to come off”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はげる
Romaji: hageru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to be worn off · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to fade; to discolor; to discolour · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

壁からペンキが剥げ始めていた。

The paint was coming off the wall.

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

Conjugation of 剥げる

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	剥げる	はげる hageru
Polite (~masu)	剥げます	はげます hagemasu
Negative	剥げない	はげない hagenai
Polite negative	剥げません	はげません hagemasen
Past	剥げた	はげた hageta
Polite past	剥げました	はげました hagemashita
Negative past	剥げなかった	はげなかった hagenakatta
Te-form	剥げて	はげて hagete
Potential	剥げられる	はげられる hagerareru
Passive	剥げられる	はげられる hagerareru
Causative	剥げさせる	はげさせる hagesaseru
Volitional	剥げよう	はげよう hageyou
Imperative	剥げろ	はげろ hagero
Conditional (~ba)	剥げれば	はげれば hagereba

Kanji in 剥げる

剥

come off, peel, fadeハク・ホク・へ.ぐ・へず.る · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 剥げる.

剥くむくto peel剥すはがすto tear off剥がすはがすto tear off剥ぐはぐto tear off

Source: JMdict entry 1474390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.