枯れる
かれる
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die- to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 枯れるかれる | 枯れますかれます |
| Negative | 枯れないかれない | 枯れませんかれません |
| Past | 枯れたかれた | 枯れましたかれました |
| Past negative | 枯れなかったかれなかった | 枯れませんでしたかれませんでした |
| Te-form | 枯れてかれて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 枯れられるかれられる |
| Passive | 枯れられるかれられる |
| Causative | 枯れさせるかれさせる |
| Volitional | 枯れようかれよう |
| Imperative | 枯れろかれろ |
| Conditional (ば) | 枯れればかれれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 枯れたらかれたら |
Example sentences
作物は枯れた。
The crops have withered.
花が枯れたよ。
The flowers withered.
川が枯れかけている。
The river is running dry.
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All the flowers in the garden withered.
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The frost killed all the flowers.
More examples (10)
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The flowers died for lack of water.
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Some plants perish in winter.
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These flowers are dying.
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Because of the drought, the grass has withered.
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Plants die without water.
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The plants died for lack of water.
あのお花、枯れちゃったよ。
Those flowers have died.
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The flower withered for lack of water.
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A lack of rain caused wild plants to die.
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Those flowers have died.