I Love Kanji治る (naoru)
治る (なおる, naoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get better; to get well”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なおる
- Romaji
- naoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 治る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 治る | なおる naoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 治ります | なおります naorimasu |
| Negative | 治らない | なおらない naoranai |
| Polite negative | 治りません | なおりません naorimasen |
| Past | 治った | なおった naotta |
| Polite past | 治りました | なおりました naorimashita |
| Negative past | 治らなかった | なおらなかった naoranakatta |
| Te-form | 治って | なおって naotte |
| Potential | 治れる | なおれる naoreru |
| Passive | 治られる | なおられる naorareru |
| Causative | 治らせる | なおらせる naoraseru |
| Volitional | 治ろう | なおろう naorou |
| Imperative | 治れ | なおれ naore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 治れば | なおれば naoreba |
Kanji in 治る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 治る.
政治せいじpolitics治療ちりょう(medical) treatment治めるおさめるto rule自治じちself-government統治とうちrule退治たいじextermination治安ちあんpublic order治まるおさまるto die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1599400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.