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知れる
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shireru
English
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
See also: お里が知れる
to become known, to come to light, to be discovered

Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
See also: 気が知れない
See also: 得体の知れない
usu. in the negative
to be known, to be understood

Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
See also: 高が知れている
to clearly not amount to much, to be insignificant

Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
as 知れたこと
to be evident, to be obvious, to go without saying

Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
as どんなに…か知れない, どれほど...か知れない, etc.
to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.), to be severe

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 知れる, 知れます
[does], will [do]
知れない, 知れません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 知れた, 知れました
[did]
知れなかった, 知れませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 知れて, 知れまして 知れないで, 知れませんで 知れなくて
Kanjis
ON: KUN: し.る, し.らせる
know, wisdom

Stroke: 8 Grade: 2 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 1-5-3 FC: 8640.0


Phrases
杳として行方が知れない。
Parts: 杳として (ようとして) 行方 (ゆくえ) 知れる (しれる)
Nothing whatever is known of him.
We have no clue where he is.