I Love Kanji演じる (enjiru)
演じる (えんじる, enjiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to act (a part); to play (a role)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- えんじる
- Romaji
- enjiru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to act (a part); to play (a role) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself; to do something conspicuously; to make a scene · ichidan verb, transitive
- to pretend (e.g. to be a good father) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 演じる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 演じる | えんじる enjiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 演じます | えんじます enjimasu |
| Negative | 演じない | えんじない enjinai |
| Polite negative | 演じません | えんじません enjimasen |
| Past | 演じた | えんじた enjita |
| Polite past | 演じました | えんじました enjimashita |
| Negative past | 演じなかった | えんじなかった enjinakatta |
| Te-form | 演じて | えんじて enjite |
| Potential | 演じられる | えんじられる enjirareru |
| Passive | 演じられる | えんじられる enjirareru |
| Causative | 演じさせる | えんじさせる enjisaseru |
| Volitional | 演じよう | えんじよう enjiyou |
| Imperative | 演じろ | えんじろ enjiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 演じれば | えんじれば enjireba |
Kanji in 演じる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 演じる.
演技えんぎacting演説えんぜつspeech演奏えんそうmusical performance講演こうえんlecture公演こうえんpublic performance演劇えんげきdrama演出えんしゅつdirection (of a play, film, etc.)上演じょうえんperformance (of a play, opera, etc.)主演しゅえんstarring (in a film, play, etc.)出演しゅつえんappearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.)演ずるえんずるto act (a part)
Source: JMdict entry 1176780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.