Japanese Dictionary
Find Kanji by radicals
Find Kanji by selecting its radicals below.
- Reading and JLPT level
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祈る, 祷る JLPT 4
- Kana Reading
- いのる
- Romaji
- inoru
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ru' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to pray; to wish
- Example sentence
- お宮参りで訪れた大西幸治さん(40)、由希恵さん(34)夫妻は「子どもが健やかに育つことを祈りました」と話していた。 The couple who came on a shrine visit, Kouji Oonishi (40) and his wife Yukie (34) said, "We prayed that our child would grow up healthily."
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Examples of 祈る, 祷る, いのる in a sentence
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お宮参りで訪れた大西幸治さん(40)、由希恵さん(34)夫妻は「子どもが健やかに育つことを祈りました」と話していた。
The couple who came on a shrine visit, Kouji Oonishi (40) and his wife Yukie (34) said, "We prayed that our child would grow up healthily."
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Let us pray for a perfect, an eternal, peace.
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May his soul rest in peace.
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We wish her many happy years in the future.
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弊社にご興味を持っていただけることを祈り、ご返事を御待ちしております。
I hope this letter interests you and look forward to your reply.
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She prayed that her mother would forgive her.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 祈る
- Plain Polite
- 祈ります
- Negative
- 祈らない
- Negative Polite
- 祈りません
Past
- Plain
- 祈った
- Plain Polite
- 祈りました
- Negative
- 祈らなかった
- Negative Polite
- 祈りませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 祈って
- Plain Polite
- 祈りまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 祈られる
- Plain Polite
- 祈られます
- Negative
- 祈られない
- Negative Polite
- 祈られません
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