N31504/1669

れる

Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verbcolloquialusually written using kana aloneauxiliary verb

Reading

Meanings

  • to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack
  • to be injured
  • to wear out, to be worn out
  • to break, to burst, to collapse
  • to wear off, to stop working, to go dead
  • to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due
  • to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of
  • to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected
  • to cut well, to be sharp
  • to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able
  • to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time)
  • to dry off
  • to curve, to veer
  • to shuffle (cards)
  • to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip
  • to be able to do completely

Learn in context

Example sentences

このナイフはよくれる

This knife cuts well.

契約けいやく期限きげんれた

The contract expired.

冷蔵庫れいぞうこたまごれているから、ってきてください。

We're out of eggs in the fridge, so please buy some.

上司じょうし言葉ことば我慢がまんできなくなって、ついにれてしまった。

I couldn't stand my boss's words anymore and finally lost my temper.

電池でんちれると、このリモコンは使つかえなくなる。

When the battery runs out, this remote control will no longer work.