着る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
着
き
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

着る (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana きる, rōmaji kiru)

Japanese verb pair
active 着せる
mediopassive 着る
  1. put on or wear on the upper body or the entire body[1]
    彼女 (かのじょ)はかわいい水着 (みずぎ)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 (じょう)等 (とう)な背広 (せびろ)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[2]

Conjugation
Conjugation of "着る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (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
Hypothetical (仮定形) 着れ きれ kire
Imperative (命令形) 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

Synonyms

Antonyms

See also

References
  1. 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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