I Love Kanji憧れる (akogareru)
憧れる (あこがれる, akogareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to long for; to yearn for”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あこがれる
- Romaji
- akogareru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 憧れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 憧れる | あこがれる akogareru |
| Polite (~masu) | 憧れます | あこがれます akogaremasu |
| Negative | 憧れない | あこがれない akogarenai |
| Polite negative | 憧れません | あこがれません akogaremasen |
| Past | 憧れた | あこがれた akogareta |
| Polite past | 憧れました | あこがれました akogaremashita |
| Negative past | 憧れなかった | あこがれなかった akogarenakatta |
| Te-form | 憧れて | あこがれて akogarete |
| Potential | 憧れられる | あこがれられる akogarerareru |
| Passive | 憧れられる | あこがれられる akogarerareru |
| Causative | 憧れさせる | あこがれさせる akogaresaseru |
| Volitional | 憧れよう | あこがれよう akogareyou |
| Imperative | 憧れろ | あこがれろ akogarero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 憧れれば | あこがれれば akogarereba |
Kanji in 憧れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 憧れる.
Source: JMdict entry 1453810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.