JLPT N3 · Verb

計る (hakaru)

計る (はかる, hakaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to measure; to weigh”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はかる
Romaji
hakaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) · godan verb, transitive
  2. to conjecture; to infer; to surmise · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

優れた教育の価値は金銭でははかれない。
The value of a good education cannot be measured in terms of money.

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

Conjugation of 計る

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary計るはかる hakaru
Polite (~masu)計りますはかります hakarimasu
Negative計らないはからない hakaranai
Polite negative計りませんはかりません hakarimasen
Past計ったはかった hakatta
Polite past計りましたはかりました hakarimashita
Negative past計らなかったはからなかった hakaranakatta
Te-form計ってはかって hakatte
Potential計れるはかれる hakareru
Passive計られるはかられる hakarareru
Causative計らせるはからせる hakaraseru
Volitional計ろうはかろう hakarou
Imperative計れはかれ hakare
Conditional (~ba)計ればはかれば hakareba

Kanji in 計る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 計る.

Source: JMdict entry 1600650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.