JLPT N4 · Verb

慣れる (nareru)

慣れる (なれる, nareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get used to; to grow accustomed to”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: なれる
Romaji: nareru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 慣れる
to become skilled in; to become experienced at · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 慣れる
to become tame; to become domesticated · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 馴れる
to get used to doing · ichidan verb, auxiliary verb · after the -masu stem of a verb

Example sentences

学生の時は勉強することになれていた。

I was used to studying when I was a student.

Tatoeba #184275

このらくだは人によくなれているからだれが乗っても大丈夫です。

This camel is so tame that anyone can ride it.

Tatoeba #223037

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

Conjugation of 慣れる

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	慣れる	なれる nareru
Polite (~masu)	慣れます	なれます naremasu
Negative	慣れない	なれない narenai
Polite negative	慣れません	なれません naremasen
Past	慣れた	なれた nareta
Polite past	慣れました	なれました naremashita
Negative past	慣れなかった	なれなかった narenakatta
Te-form	慣れて	なれて narete
Potential	慣れられる	なれられる narerareru
Passive	慣れられる	なれられる narerareru
Causative	慣れさせる	なれさせる naresaseru
Volitional	慣れよう	なれよう nareyou
Imperative	慣れろ	なれろ narero
Conditional (~ba)	慣れれば	なれれば narereba

Kanji in 慣れる

慣

accustomed, get used to, become experiencedカン・な.れる・な.らす · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 慣れる.

習慣しゅうかんhabit慣行かんこうcustomary practice慣らすならすto accustom見慣れるみなれるto get used to seeing慣れなれpractice慣習かんしゅうcustom慣例かんれいcustom

Source: JMdict entry 1212670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.