I Love Kanji焦る (aseru)
焦る (あせる, aseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be in a hurry; to be impatient”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あせる
- Romaji
- aseru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to fret · godan verb, intransitive
- to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered; to be startled · godan verb, intransitive · colloquial
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 焦る
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 | 焦る | あせる aseru |
| Polite (~masu) | 焦ります | あせります aserimasu |
| Negative | 焦らない | あせらない aseranai |
| Polite negative | 焦りません | あせりません aserimasen |
| Past | 焦った | あせった asetta |
| Polite past | 焦りました | あせりました aserimashita |
| Negative past | 焦らなかった | あせらなかった aseranakatta |
| Te-form | 焦って | あせって asette |
| Potential | 焦れる | あせれる asereru |
| Passive | 焦られる | あせられる aserareru |
| Causative | 焦らせる | あせらせる aseraseru |
| Volitional | 焦ろう | あせろう aserou |
| Imperative | 焦れ | あせれ asere |
| Conditional (~ba) | 焦れば | あせれば asereba |
Kanji in 焦る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 焦る.
Source: JMdict entry 1350780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.