JLPT N1 · Verb

記す (shirusu)

記す (しるす, shirusu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to write down; to note down”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しるす
Romaji
shirusu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to write down; to note down; to jot down; to take a note of · godan verb, transitive
  2. to mention; to describe; to give an account of · godan verb, transitive
  3. to inscribe; to mark; to brand · godan verb, transitive
  4. to remember; to engrave (in one's mind) · godan verb, transitive · as 心に記す, 胸に記す, etc.

Example sentences

最新の報告書には、全世界で密輸されているコカインの90%が海路で運ばれており、そのほとんどがスピードボートによるものだと記されている。
In the latest report, it is written that 90% of all the cocaine smuggled in the world is transported by sea, and most of that by speedboat.

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

Conjugation of 記す

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary記すしるす shirusu
Polite (~masu)記しますしるします shirushimasu
Negative記さないしるさない shirusanai
Polite negative記しませんしるしません shirushimasen
Past記したしるした shirushita
Polite past記しましたしるしました shirushimashita
Negative past記さなかったしるさなかった shirusanakatta
Te-form記してしるして shirushite
Potential記せるしるせる shiruseru
Passive記されるしるされる shirusareru
Causative記させるしるさせる shirusaseru
Volitional記そうしるそう shirusou
Imperative記せしるせ shiruse
Conditional (~ba)記せばしるせば shiruseba

Kanji in 記す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 記す.

Source: JMdict entry 1223140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.