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洒落る JLPT 1

Kana Reading

しゃれる

Romaji

shareru

Word Senses

Parts of speech

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Meaning

to joke; to play on words; to dress stylishly

Example sentence

洒落たお帽子をお召しになっていらっしゃいますね。 That's a stylish hat you are wearing.

Examples of 洒落る, しゃれる in a sentence

洒落たお帽子をお召しになっていらっしゃいますね。

That's a stylish hat you are wearing.
彼女しゃれた格好してるね。

She's smartly dressed.
君はそのシャツを着るとしゃれてみえる。

You look smart in the shirt.

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain: 洒落る
Plain Polite: 洒落ます
Negative: 洒落ない
Negative Polite: 洒落ません

Past

Plain: 洒落た
Plain Polite: 洒落ました
Negative: 洒落なかった
Negative Polite: 洒落ませんでした

Plain: 洒落て
Plain Polite: 洒落まして
Negative: --
Negative Polite: --

Passive

Plain: 洒落られる
Plain Polite: 洒落られます
Negative: 洒落られない
Negative Polite: 洒落られません

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Kanji in this word

洒

9 strokes

wash, sprinkle

On'Yomi: シャ, ソン, サイ, セン, セイ

Kun'Yomi: すす.ぐ, あら.う

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落 JLPT 3

12 strokes

fall, drop, come down

On'Yomi: ラク

Kun'Yomi: お.ちる, お.ち, お.とす

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