I Love Kanji告げる (tsugeru)
告げる (つげる, tsugeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tell; to inform”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つげる
- Romaji
- tsugeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to tell; to inform; to announce · ichidan verb, transitive
- to indicate; to signal; to mark · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 告げる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 告げる | つげる tsugeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 告げます | つげます tsugemasu |
| Negative | 告げない | つげない tsugenai |
| Polite negative | 告げません | つげません tsugemasen |
| Past | 告げた | つげた tsugeta |
| Polite past | 告げました | つげました tsugemashita |
| Negative past | 告げなかった | つげなかった tsugenakatta |
| Te-form | 告げて | つげて tsugete |
| Potential | 告げられる | つげられる tsugerareru |
| Passive | 告げられる | つげられる tsugerareru |
| Causative | 告げさせる | つげさせる tsugesaseru |
| Volitional | 告げよう | つげよう tsugeyou |
| Imperative | 告げろ | つげろ tsugero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 告げれば | つげれば tsugereba |
Kanji in 告げる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 告げる.
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Source: JMdict entry 1285990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.