着る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
着
き
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「着る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		着る きる
Imperative (命令形) 着ろ きろ
Key constructions
Passive 着られる きられる
Causative 着させる きさせる
Potential 着られる きられる
Volitional 着よう きよー
Negative 着ない きない
Negative perfective 着なかった きなかった
Formal 着ます きます
Perfective 着た きた
Conjunctive 着て きて
Hypothetical conditional 着れば きれば

Verb

着(き)る • (kiru) transitive ichidan (stem 着(き) (ki), past 着(き)た (kita))

Japanese verb pair
active 着せる
mediopassive 着る
  1. put on or wear on the upper body or the entire body[4]
    彼女(かのじょ)はかわいい水(みず)着(ぎ)を着(き)ている。
    Kanojo wa kawaii mizugi o kite iru.
    She's wearing a cute bathing suit.
    彼(かれ)は上等(じょうとう)な背(せ)広(びろ)を着(き)ている。
    Kare wa jōtō na sebiro o kite iru.
    He is wearing a nice suit.
  2. take a crime on oneself[5]

Conjugation

Conjugation of "着る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 着 き ki
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 着 き ki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 着る きる kiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 着る きる kiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 着れ きれ kire
Meireikei ("imperative") 着よ¹
着ろ² 		きよ¹
きろ² 		kiyo¹
kiro²
Key constructions
Passive 着られる きられる kirareru
Causative 着させる
着さす 		きさせる
きさす 		kisaseru
kisasu
Potential 着られる
着れる³ 		きられる
きれる³ 		kirareru
kireru³
Volitional 着よう きよう kiyō
Negative 着ない
着ぬ
着ん 		きない
きぬ
きん 		kinai
kinu
kin
Negative continuative 着ず きず kizu
Formal 着ます きます kimasu
Perfective 着た きた kita
Conjunctive 着て きて kite
Hypothetical conditional 着れば きれば kireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Classical conjugation of "着る" (カ行上一段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 着 き ki
Continuative (連用形) 着 き ki
Terminal (終止形) 着る きる kiru
Attributive (連体形) 着る きる kiru
Realis (已然形) 着れ きれ kire
Imperative (命令形) 着よ きよ kiyo
Key constructions
Negative 着ず きず kizu
Contrasting conjunction 着れど きれど kiredo
Causal conjunction 着れば きれば kireba
Conditional conjunction 着ば きば kiba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 着き きき kiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 着けり きけり kikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 着つ きつ kitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 着ぬ きぬ kinu
Perfect-continuative tense 着たり きたり kitari
Volitional 着む きむ kimu

Synonyms

Antonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ Uwano, Zendo (2002 October 31) “見島方言の用言のアクセント調査報告 [A Report on the Accentual Surveys of Verbs and Adjectives in the Mishima Dialect]”, in 環太平洋の「消滅に瀕した言語」にかんする緊急調査研究 [Endangered languages of the Pacific Rim]‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 September 2022
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ^ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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