I Love Kanji呆れる (akireru)
呆れる (あきれる, akireru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be amazed; to be shocked”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あきれる
- Romaji
- akireru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 呆れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 呆れる | あきれる akireru |
| Polite (~masu) | 呆れます | あきれます akiremasu |
| Negative | 呆れない | あきれない akirenai |
| Polite negative | 呆れません | あきれません akiremasen |
| Past | 呆れた | あきれた akireta |
| Polite past | 呆れました | あきれました akiremashita |
| Negative past | 呆れなかった | あきれなかった akirenakatta |
| Te-form | 呆れて | あきれて akirete |
| Potential | 呆れられる | あきれられる akirerareru |
| Passive | 呆れられる | あきれられる akirerareru |
| Causative | 呆れさせる | あきれさせる akiresaseru |
| Volitional | 呆れよう | あきれよう akireyou |
| Imperative | 呆れろ | あきれろ akirero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 呆れれば | あきれれば akirereba |
Kanji in 呆れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 呆れる.
Source: JMdict entry 1515580 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.