I Love Kanji懲りる (koriru)
懲りる (こりる, koriru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こりる
- Romaji
- koriru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with) · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 懲りる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 懲りる | こりる koriru |
| Polite (~masu) | 懲ります | こります korimasu |
| Negative | 懲りない | こりない korinai |
| Polite negative | 懲りません | こりません korimasen |
| Past | 懲りた | こりた korita |
| Polite past | 懲りました | こりました korimashita |
| Negative past | 懲りなかった | こりなかった korinakatta |
| Te-form | 懲りて | こりて korite |
| Potential | 懲りられる | こりられる korirareru |
| Passive | 懲りられる | こりられる korirareru |
| Causative | 懲りさせる | こりさせる korisaseru |
| Volitional | 懲りよう | こりよう koriyou |
| Imperative | 懲りろ | こりろ koriro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 懲りれば | こりれば korireba |
Kanji in 懲りる
Source: JMdict entry 1428190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.