I Love Kanji祈る (inoru)
祈る (いのる, inoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pray; to say a prayer”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いのる
- Romaji
- inoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace · godan verb, transitive
- to wish; to hope · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 祈る
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 | 祈る | いのる inoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 祈ります | いのります inorimasu |
| Negative | 祈らない | いのらない inoranai |
| Polite negative | 祈りません | いのりません inorimasen |
| Past | 祈った | いのった inotta |
| Polite past | 祈りました | いのりました inorimashita |
| Negative past | 祈らなかった | いのらなかった inoranakatta |
| Te-form | 祈って | いのって inotte |
| Potential | 祈れる | いのれる inoreru |
| Passive | 祈られる | いのられる inorareru |
| Causative | 祈らせる | いのらせる inoraseru |
| Volitional | 祈ろう | いのろう inorou |
| Imperative | 祈れ | いのれ inore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 祈れば | いのれば inoreba |
Kanji in 祈る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 祈る.
Source: JMdict entry 1222770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.