入る
はいる · iru
To enter, to go in, to get in, to come in
- to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to go down
- to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.), to achieve, to reach (e.g. a climax)
- to do fully, to do intently, to do sincerely, to do deeply, to feel keenly
- to enter, to come in, to go in, to get in, to arrive
- to join (a club, company, etc.), to enter (a university, the army, etc.), to enroll (in), to go into (e.g. politics), to get into
Other ways to say “to enter” in Japanese →
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Example sentences
地図も持たずに山に入るなんて、無謀だよ。
ちずももたずにやまにはいるなんて、むぼうだよ。
Going into the mountains without even a map is reckless.
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朝からお風呂に入ると、一日中さっぱりする。
あさからおふろにはいると、いちにちじゅうさっぱりする。
If you take a bath from the morning, you feel refreshed all day.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 入りますはいります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 入りませんはいりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 入りましたはいりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 入りませんでしたはいりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 入りましょうはいりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 入りはいり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 入りたいはいりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 入りながらはいりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 入ってはいって |
| Plain past (た形) | 入ったはいった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 入ったらはいったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 入っているはいっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 入らないはいらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 入らなかったはいらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 入らなくてはいらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 入れるはいれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 入ればはいれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 入れはいれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 入ろうはいろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 入られるはいられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 入らせるはいらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 入らされるはいらされる |
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What does 入る mean?
To enter, to go in, to get in, to come in. It can also mean: to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to go down; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.), to achieve, to reach (e.g. a climax); to do fully, to do intently, to do sincerely, to do deeply, to feel keenly.
How do you pronounce 入る?
はいる (iru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 入る?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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