去る
さる · saru
To leave, to go away
- to pass, to elapse
- to be distant
- to send away, to drive off, to divorce
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 去りますさります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 去りませんさりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 去りましたさりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 去りませんでしたさりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 去りましょうさりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 去りさり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 去りたいさりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 去りながらさりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 去ってさって |
| Plain past (た形) | 去ったさった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 去ったらさったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 去っているさっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 去らないさらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 去らなかったさらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 去らなくてさらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 去れるされる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 去ればされば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 去れされ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 去ろうさろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 去られるさられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 去らせるさらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 去らされるさらされる |
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What does 去る mean?
To leave, to go away. It can also mean: to pass, to elapse; to be distant; to send away, to drive off, to divorce.
How do you pronounce 去る?
さる (saru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 去る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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