JLPT N1 · Verb

染める (someru)

染める (そめる, someru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to dye; to colour”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
そめる
Romaji
someru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to dye; to colour; to color · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

この織物を染めて欲しいのです。
I'd like to have this fabric dyed.

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

Conjugation of 染める

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary染めるそめる someru
Polite (~masu)染めますそめます somemasu
Negative染めないそめない somenai
Polite negative染めませんそめません somemasen
Past染めたそめた someta
Polite past染めましたそめました somemashita
Negative past染めなかったそめなかった somenakatta
Te-form染めてそめて somete
Potential染められるそめられる somerareru
Passive染められるそめられる somerareru
Causative染めさせるそめさせる somesaseru
Volitional染めようそめよう someyou
Imperative染めろそめろ somero
Conditional (~ba)染めればそめれば somereba

Kanji in 染める

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 染める.

Source: JMdict entry 1391160 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.