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JAPANESE VERB

はれる

腫れる

to swell

  • #467 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI swell
NegativeI don’t swell

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI swelled
NegativeI didn’t swell

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formswelling, and…
Doing now (て います)I am swelling
Please (て ください)please swell

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can swell
NegativeI can’t swell

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to swell
NegativeI don’t want to swell

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s swell

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I swell
  2. If, when (たら) if I swell

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) swell (do it)
  2. Plain command swell!
  3. Please don’t please don’t swell

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am swollen
CausativeI make someone swell

How to use はれる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    むし に さされる と、 はれます。

    When you get bitten by an insect, it swells up.

  2. Past

    きのう より あし が はれた。

    My foot is more swollen than yesterday.

  3. Te-form

    め が はれて います ね。

    Your eye is swollen, isn't it?

  4. Potential

    こんな に はれられる と、 くつ が はけない。

    When it swells up like this, I can't get my shoes on.

  5. Want to

    はれたい あし なんて、 ない でしょう。

    No foot wants to swell up, I'm sure.

  6. Volitional

    どんな に はれよう と、 しあい に でます。

    However swollen it gets, I'm playing in the match.

  7. Conditional

    また はれたら、 びょういん に いって ください。

    If it swells again, please go to the hospital.

  8. Commands and requests

    おねがい だ から、 これ いじょう はれないで。

    Please, don't swell up any more.

  9. Passive and causative

    むり を して、 あし を はれさせて しまいました。

    I pushed myself too hard and made my foot swell up.

Good to know

  • はれる "to swell" and はれる "to clear up", for weather, sound the same; the English tells them apart.

Where you hear はれる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • あし が はれて います。 My foot is swollen.
  • きのう は あし が すごく はれました。 My foot swelled a lot yesterday.
  • また はれたら、 せんせい に ききます。 If it swells again, I'll ask the doctor.
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A Sprained Ankle

Beginner Level 2 · はれて います ね。

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).