See れる on Wiktionary
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"(archaic, now colloquial) forms a potential verb from an active one: to be able to [verb]"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "れる"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "れる"
}
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