I Love Kanji痩せる (yaseru)
痩せる (やせる, yaseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to become thin; to lose weight”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- やせる
- Romaji
- yaseru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to become thin; to lose weight; to slim · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile; to become barren · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 痩せる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 痩せる | やせる yaseru |
| Polite (~masu) | 痩せます | やせます yasemasu |
| Negative | 痩せない | やせない yasenai |
| Polite negative | 痩せません | やせません yasemasen |
| Past | 痩せた | やせた yaseta |
| Polite past | 痩せました | やせました yasemashita |
| Negative past | 痩せなかった | やせなかった yasenakatta |
| Te-form | 痩せて | やせて yasete |
| Potential | 痩せられる | やせられる yaserareru |
| Passive | 痩せられる | やせられる yaserareru |
| Causative | 痩せさせる | やせさせる yasesaseru |
| Volitional | 痩せよう | やせよう yaseyou |
| Imperative | 痩せろ | やせろ yasero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 痩せれば | やせれば yasereba |
Kanji in 痩せる
Source: JMdict entry 1605510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.