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): [sɨɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

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

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)
to wear out
- 1976, Unno Jūza, Ikiteiru harawata [Living Intestines]‎^[1]:
  
  てかてかに擦(す)れた金(きん)ボタン
  tekateka ni sureta kin-botan
  gold button shiny from wear
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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN