JLPT N5 · Verb

着る (kiru)

着る (きる, kiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きる
Romaji: kiru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on · ichidan verb, transitive
to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear · ichidan verb, transitive · as 汚名を〜, 罪を〜, etc.

Example sentences

「あの赤い服を着るのはよしなさい」「なぜいけないの」

"You had better not wear the red dress." "Why not?"

Tatoeba #237263

その男は反逆者の汚名をきせられた。

The man was branded as a traitor.

Tatoeba #208015

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

Conjugation of 着る

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	着る	きる kiru
Polite (~masu)	着ます	きます kimasu
Negative	着ない	きない kinai
Polite negative	着ません	きません kimasen
Past	着た	きた kita
Polite past	着ました	きました kimashita
Negative past	着なかった	きなかった kinakatta
Te-form	着て	きて kite
Potential	着られる	きられる kirareru
Passive	着られる	きられる kirareru
Causative	着させる	きさせる kisaseru
Volitional	着よう	きよう kiyou
Imperative	着ろ	きろ kiro
Conditional (~ba)	着れば	きれば kireba

Kanji in 着る

着

don, arrive, wearチャク・ジャク・き.る・き.せる · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 着る.

上着うわぎcoat着くつくto arrive at着物きものkimono下着したぎunderwear到着とうちゃくarrival着けるつけるto attach着ちゃくarrival着々ちゃくちゃくsteadily肌着はだぎunderwear水着みずぎbathing suit落着くおちつくto calm down着替えきがえchanging clothes着せるきせるto put clothes on (someone)寝間着ねまきnightclothes

Source: JMdict entry 1423000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.