すれる

Japanese
Alternative spellings
擦れる
摩れる
磨れる
擂れる

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) すれ​る [sùréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

すれる • (sureru) ←すれる (sureru)?intransitive ichidan (stem すれ (sure), past すれた (sureta))

Japanese verb pair
active 擦る
mediopassive すれる
  1. to rub (against, together)
    風(かぜ)が吹(ふ)いて、木(こ)の葉(は)が擦(す)れ合(あ)う音(おと)がした。
    Kaze ga fuite, konoha ga sure-au oto ga shita.
    The wind blew, and the leaves made a rustling noise.
    着物(きも)の丈(のたけ)が長(なが)すぎて、裾(すそ)が擦(す)れる。
    Kimono no take ga nagasugite, suso ga sureru.
    (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. to wear out
  3. to lose one's greenness in the world

Conjugation
Conjugation of "すれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") すれ sure
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") すれ sure
Shūshikei ("terminal") すれる sureru
Rentaikei ("attributive") すれる sureru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") すれれ surere
Meireikei ("imperative") すれよ¹
すれろ²		 sureyo¹
surero²
Key constructions
Passive すれられる surerareru
Causative すれさせる
すれさす		 suresaseru
suresasu
Potential すれられる
すれれる³		 surerareru
surereru³
Volitional すれよう sureyō
Negative すれない
すれぬ
すれん		 surenai
surenu
suren
Negative continuative すれず surezu
Formal すれます suremasu
Perfective すれた sureta
Conjunctive すれて surete
Hypothetical conditional すれれば surereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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