"忘れる" meaning in Japanese

See 忘れる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [β̞a̠sɨɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: From Old Japanese 忘る (wasuru), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern, from Proto-Japonic *wasuru. Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|忘る|sort=わすれる|t=|tr=wasuru}} Old Japanese 忘る (wasuru) Head templates: {{ja-verb|わすれる|tr=trans|type=2}} 忘(わす)れる • (wasureru) transitive ichidan (stem 忘(わす)れ (wasure), past 忘(わす)れた (wasureta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|わす|2d-r|忘}} Forms: 忘れる [canonical] (ruby: (わす)), wasureru [romanization], 忘れ [stem] (ruby: (わす)), 忘れた [past] (ruby: (わす)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 忘れ [error-unrecognized-form], わすれ [error-unrecognized-form], wasure [error-unrecognized-form], 忘れる [error-unrecognized-form], わすれる [error-unrecognized-form], wasureru [error-unrecognized-form], 忘れれ [error-unrecognized-form], わすれれ [error-unrecognized-form], wasurere [error-unrecognized-form], 忘れよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 忘れろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], わすれよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], わすれろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], wasureyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], wasurero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 忘れられる [passive], わすれられる [passive], wasurerareru [passive], 忘れさせる [causative], 忘れさす [causative], わすれさせる [causative], わすれさす [causative], wasuresaseru [causative], wasuresasu [causative], 忘れられる [potential], 忘れれる [colloquial, potential], わすれられる [potential], わすれれる [colloquial, potential], wasurerareru [potential], wasurereru [colloquial, potential], 忘れよう [volitional], わすれよう [volitional], wasureyō [volitional], 忘れない [negative], 忘れぬ [negative], 忘れん [negative], わすれない [negative], わすれぬ [negative], わすれん [negative], wasurenai [negative], wasurenu [negative], wasuren [negative], 忘れず [continuative, negative], わすれず [continuative, negative], wasurezu [continuative, negative], 忘れます [formal], わすれます [formal], wasuremasu [formal], 忘れた [perfective], わすれた [perfective], wasureta [perfective], 忘れて [conjunctive], わすれて [conjunctive], wasurete [conjunctive], 忘れれば [conditional, hypothetical], わすれれば [conditional, hypothetical], wasurereba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 忘れ [irrealis, stem], わすれ [irrealis, stem], wasure [irrealis], 忘れ [continuative, stem], わすれ [continuative, stem], wasure [continuative], 忘る [stem, terminative], わする [stem, terminative], wasuru [terminative], 忘るる [attributive, stem], わするる [attributive, stem], wasururu [attributive], 忘るれ [realis, stem], わするれ [realis, stem], wasurure [realis], 忘れよ [imperative, stem], わすれよ [imperative, stem], wasureyo [imperative], 忘れず [negative], わすれず [negative], wasurezu [negative], 忘るれど [contrastive], わするれど [contrastive], wasururedo [contrastive], 忘るれば [causative], わするれば [causative], wasurureba [causative], 忘れば [conditional], わすれば [conditional], wasureba [conditional], 忘れき [past], わすれき [past], wasureki [past], 忘れけり [past], わすれけり [past], wasurekeri [past], 忘れつ [perfect], わすれつ [perfect], wasuretu [perfect], 忘れぬ [perfect], わすれぬ [perfect], wasurenu [perfect], 忘れたり [continuative, perfect], わすれたり [continuative, perfect], wasuretari [continuative, perfect], 忘れむ [volitional], わすれむ [volitional], wasuremu [volitional]
  1. to forget
    Sense id: en-忘れる-ja-verb-~ymuMxGs Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26
  2. (auxiliary verb, after the continuative form of a verb) to forget to … Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-忘れる-ja-verb-Iu~Fiqoa Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 置き忘れる (okiwasureru) (ruby: (), (わす)), 忘れな草 (wasurenagusa) (ruby: (わす), (ぐさ))
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "okiwasureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "置",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "置き忘れる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wasurenagusa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "ぐさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "忘れな草"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "忘る",
        "sort": "わすれる",
        "t": "",
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      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "忘れる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureru",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れ",
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        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ]
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        "stem"
      ]
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      "form": "忘れた",
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          "忘",
          "わす"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ja-ichi",
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    {
      "form": "忘れ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "わすれ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "wasure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureru",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "わすれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れろ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
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      "form": "わすれよ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれろ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wasureyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘るる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わするる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasururu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘るれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わするれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘るれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わするれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasururedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘るれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わするれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurekeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuretu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuretari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuremu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わすれる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "忘(わす)れる • (wasureru) transitive ichidan (stem 忘(わす)れ (wasure), past 忘(わす)れた (wasureta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わす",
        "2": "2d-r",
        "3": "忘"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I forgot my umbrella.",
          "roman": "Kasa o wasureta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "傘",
              "かさ"
            ],
            [
              "忘",
              "わす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "傘を忘れた。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "And you will be forgotten, Joker. Because of me.",
          "ref": "2015, バットマン アーカム・ナイト [Batman: Arkham Knight], spoken by Batman (Shinshū Fuji), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:",
          "roman": "Soshite omae wa wasuresarareru n da Jōkā Watashi ga sō saseru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "忘",
              "わす"
            ],
            [
              "去",
              "さ"
            ],
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "そしてお前は忘れ去られるんだ ジョーカー 私がそうさせる",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don’t you forget… about me…",
          "ref": "2016, ライフ イズ ストレンジ [Life Is Strange], spoken by Chloe Price (Lynn), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:",
          "roman": "Atashi no koto… wasurenai de…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "忘",
              "わす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あたしのこと… 忘れないで…",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to forget"
      ],
      "id": "en-忘れる-ja-verb-~ymuMxGs",
      "links": [
        [
          "forget",
          "forget"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I forgot to do my homework.",
          "roman": "Shukudai o shi-wasureta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "宿",
              "しゅく"
            ],
            [
              "題",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "忘",
              "わす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "宿題をし忘れた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to forget to …"
      ],
      "id": "en-忘れる-ja-verb-Iu~Fiqoa",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary verb, after the continuative form of a verb) to forget to …"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after the continuative form of a verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わすれる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠sɨɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "忘れる"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "okiwasureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "置",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "置き忘れる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wasurenagusa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "ぐさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "忘れな草"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "忘る",
        "sort": "わすれる",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "wasuru"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese 忘る (wasuru)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese 忘る (wasuru), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern, from Proto-Japonic *wasuru.\nDevelopment\nNatural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.\nFirst attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "忘れる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れ",
      "roman": "wasure",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れた",
      "roman": "wasureta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "忘",
          "わす"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘るる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わするる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasururu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘るれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わするれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘るれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わするれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasururedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘るれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わするれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasureki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurekeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuretu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasurenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuretari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "忘れむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わすれむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wasuremu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わすれる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "忘(わす)れる • (wasureru) transitive ichidan (stem 忘(わす)れ (wasure), past 忘(わす)れた (wasureta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わす",
        "2": "2d-r",
        "3": "忘"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I forgot my umbrella.",
          "roman": "Kasa o wasureta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "傘",
              "かさ"
            ],
            [
              "忘",
              "わす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "傘を忘れた。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "And you will be forgotten, Joker. Because of me.",
          "ref": "2015, バットマン アーカム・ナイト [Batman: Arkham Knight], spoken by Batman (Shinshū Fuji), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:",
          "roman": "Soshite omae wa wasuresarareru n da Jōkā Watashi ga sō saseru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "前",
              "まえ"
            ],
            [
              "忘",
              "わす"
            ],
            [
              "去",
              "さ"
            ],
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "そしてお前は忘れ去られるんだ ジョーカー 私がそうさせる",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don’t you forget… about me…",
          "ref": "2016, ライフ イズ ストレンジ [Life Is Strange], spoken by Chloe Price (Lynn), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:",
          "roman": "Atashi no koto… wasurenai de…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "忘",
              "わす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あたしのこと… 忘れないで…",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to forget"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forget",
          "forget"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I forgot to do my homework.",
          "roman": "Shukudai o shi-wasureta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "宿",
              "しゅく"
            ],
            [
              "題",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "忘",
              "わす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "宿題をし忘れた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to forget to …"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary verb, after the continuative form of a verb) to forget to …"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after the continuative form of a verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わすれる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠sɨɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "忘れる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 忘れる meaning in Japanese (12.3kB)

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