JLPT N4 · Verb

揺れる (yureru)

揺れる (ゆれる, yureru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shake; to sway”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ゆれる
Romaji
yureru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to shake; to sway; to rock; to swing; to tremble · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken; to waver · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

大地が揺れるのが感じられた。
The earth was felt to tremble.

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

Conjugation of 揺れる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary揺れるゆれる yureru
Polite (~masu)揺れますゆれます yuremasu
Negative揺れないゆれない yurenai
Polite negative揺れませんゆれません yuremasen
Past揺れたゆれた yureta
Polite past揺れましたゆれました yuremashita
Negative past揺れなかったゆれなかった yurenakatta
Te-form揺れてゆれて yurete
Potential揺れられるゆれられる yurerareru
Passive揺れられるゆれられる yurerareru
Causative揺れさせるゆれさせる yuresaseru
Volitional揺れようゆれよう yureyou
Imperative揺れろゆれろ yurero
Conditional (~ba)揺れればゆれれば yurereba

Kanji in 揺れる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 揺れる.

Source: JMdict entry 1545710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.