剃る
そる · soru
To shave
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 剃りますそります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 剃りませんそりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 剃りましたそりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 剃りませんでしたそりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 剃りましょうそりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 剃りそり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 剃りたいそりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 剃りながらそりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 剃ってそって |
| Plain past (た形) | 剃ったそった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 剃ったらそったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 剃っているそっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 剃らないそらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 剃らなかったそらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 剃らなくてそらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 剃れるそれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 剃ればそれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 剃れそれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 剃ろうそろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 剃られるそられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 剃らせるそらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 剃らされるそらされる |
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What does 剃る mean?
To shave.
How do you pronounce 剃る?
そる (soru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 剃る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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