"がる" meaning in Japanese

See がる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} がる • (-garu) Forms: -garu [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], がら [error-unrecognized-form], ~がら [error-unrecognized-form], ~gara [error-unrecognized-form], がり [error-unrecognized-form], ~がり [error-unrecognized-form], ~gari [error-unrecognized-form], がる [error-unrecognized-form], ~がる [error-unrecognized-form], ~garu [error-unrecognized-form], がれ [error-unrecognized-form], ~がれ [error-unrecognized-form], ~gare [error-unrecognized-form], がられる [passive], ~がられる [passive], ~garareru [passive], がらせる [causative], がらす [causative], ~がらせる [causative], ~がらす [causative], ~garaseru [causative], ~garasu [causative], がれる [potential], ~がれる [potential], ~gareru [potential], がろう [volitional], ~がろう [volitional], ~garō [volitional], がらない [negative], ~がらない [negative], ~garanai [negative], がらず [continuative, negative], ~がらず [continuative, negative], ~garazu [continuative, negative], がります [formal], ~がります [formal], ~garimasu [formal], がった [perfective], ~がった [perfective], ~gatta [perfective], がって [conjunctive], ~がって [conjunctive], ~gatte [conjunctive], がれば [conditional, hypothetical], ~がれば [conditional, hypothetical], ~gareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to behave or act as if feeling in a certain way Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-がる-ja-suffix-gXViaze8
  2. to pretend Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-がる-ja-suffix-VRTZ8XNb Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-garu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "がる • (-garu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              15
            ],
            [
              21,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please don't be shy (don't act all shy) and come up here.",
          "roman": "Hazukashigaranai de, mae ni detekite kudasai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "恥",
              "は"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "恥ずかしがらないで、前に出てきてください。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              11,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "mystery that made me anxious",
          "ref": "1928, Motojirō Kajii, Sakura no ki no shita ni wa [Under the cherry trees], Modern kanji and kana edition:",
          "roman": "ore o fuan-garaseta shinpi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "俺",
              "おれ"
            ],
            [
              "不",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "安",
              "あん"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "秘",
              "ぴ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "俺を不安がらせた神秘",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behave or act as if feeling in a certain way"
      ],
      "id": "en-がる-ja-suffix-gXViaze8",
      "links": [
        [
          "feeling",
          "feel"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
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              20,
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              19
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There's no point in acting like a tough guy now.",
          "roman": "Ima kara tsuyogatte mo muda da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "強",
              "つよ"
            ],
            [
              "無駄",
              "むだ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "今から強がっても無駄だ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pretend"
      ],
      "id": "en-がる-ja-suffix-VRTZ8XNb",
      "links": [
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "がる"
}
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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-garu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がら",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~garimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "がれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~がれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "~gareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
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          "english": "Please don't be shy (don't act all shy) and come up here.",
          "roman": "Hazukashigaranai de, mae ni detekite kudasai.",
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            [
              "恥",
              "は"
            ],
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              "前",
              "まえ"
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              "で"
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          "english": "mystery that made me anxious",
          "ref": "1928, Motojirō Kajii, Sakura no ki no shita ni wa [Under the cherry trees], Modern kanji and kana edition:",
          "roman": "ore o fuan-garaseta shinpi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "俺",
              "おれ"
            ],
            [
              "不",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "安",
              "あん"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "秘",
              "ぴ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "俺を不安がらせた神秘",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "to behave or act as if feeling in a certain way"
      ],
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          "feel"
        ]
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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              19
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          "english": "There's no point in acting like a tough guy now.",
          "roman": "Ima kara tsuyogatte mo muda da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "強",
              "つよ"
            ],
            [
              "無駄",
              "むだ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "今から強がっても無駄だ。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pretend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "がる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for がる meaning in Japanese (5.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "がる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "がる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "がる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "がる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "がる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "がる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "がる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "がる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "がる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "がる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "がる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "がる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "がる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "がる",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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