知れる
しれる
to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known
Common word
Meanings
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
to become known; to come to light; to be discovered- to be known; to be understood
- to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
- to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying
- to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.); to be severe
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 知れるしれる | 知れますしれます |
| Negative | 知れないしれない | 知れませんしれません |
| Past | 知れたしれた | 知れましたしれました |
| Past negative | 知れなかったしれなかった | 知れませんでしたしれませんでした |
| Te-form | 知れてしれて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 知れられるしれられる |
| Passive | 知れられるしれられる |
| Causative | 知れさせるしれさせる |
| Volitional | 知れようしれよう |
| Imperative | 知れろしれろ |
| Conditional (ば) | 知れればしれれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 知れたらしれたら |
Example sentences
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Nothing whatever is known of him.
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Her accent gave her away.
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You'll get into trouble if your parents find out.
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His dress betrayed the fact that he was a foreigner.
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I'd be unhappy, but I wouldn't kill myself.
More examples (8)
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She was from Kyoto, as was evident from her accent.
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Man, know thyself. All wisdom centers there.
何が起きようとしているかをトムが悟ったことは、その表情を見て知れました。
I could tell by the look on Tom's face he knew what was going on.
日本中で格差社会の論議があるが、世界をみればこの程度の格差などたかが知れてる。
There's a debate about social disparity throughout Japan, but if you look at the world, this level of disparity is negligible.
これ以上ここでもたついてると、後ろの第二関門からも増援が来て、挟撃されるかも知れねーんだぜ。
If we hang around here any longer, there could be reinforcements coming from the second gate to take us in a pincer movement!
面白いと感じたことをポルトガル語で書き、他の言語に翻訳したいと思いました。しかしながら、私の外国語の知識ではたかが知れています。
I wrote a sentence in Portuguese that I thought was interesting, and I wanted to translate it into other languages. But sadly, my knowledge of foreign languages is too limited.
ここ浄閑寺、通称「投げ込み寺」の墓地には、最後の休息場所を見つけた何千もの遊女、いわゆる「楽しみのための女性」の慰霊碑があり、それは言い知れない哀愁に満ちていて、どういうわけか何度でもここに戻ってきたい気持ちが沸き起こる。
Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.
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We often hear it said that an earthquake may occur at any moment.