剃る|そるsoru[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
するsuru[1]atamadaka (head-high)
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto shave
    お父とうさんがバスルームでひげを剃そっている。↗
    Dad is shaving in the bathroom.
Conjugation
Dictionary form剃る(そる)
Polite (masu)剃ります(そります)
Negative (nai)剃らない(そらない)
polite (masen)剃りません(そりません)
classical zu / nu剃らず・剃らぬ(そらず・そらぬ)
Past (ta)剃った(そった)
polite (mashita)剃りました(そりました)
Past negative (nakatta)剃らなかった(そらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)剃りませんでした(そりませんでした)
Te form剃って(そって)
Potential剃れる(それる)
Passive剃られる(そられる)
Causative剃らせる(そらせる)
Causative passive剃らせられる・剃らされる(そらせられる・そらされる)
Conditional (ba)剃れば(それば)
tara剃ったら(そったら)
Volitional剃ろう(そろう)
polite (mashou)剃りましょう(そりましょう)
Imperative剃れ(それ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related刈るかるNeutralCutting hair or grass short with scissors or a sickle, as in 「髪を刈る」; 「剃る」 instead means shaving clean with a blade against the skin.
  • Related剃り落とすそりおとすNeutralEmphasizes the hair being removed, the result of shaving it off, as in 「髪を剃り落とす」; 「剃る」 is the more general term.
  • Antonym伸ばすのばすNeutralThe opposite of 「剃る」 in the shaving-off versus growing-out contrast: it means letting hair or a beard grow long.
  • Antonym生やすはやすNeutralAlso the opposite of 「剃る」: it means growing hair or letting it grow out, as in growing a beard.

Use 「剃る」 for shaving a beard or hair off with a razor against the skin. Choose 「剃り落とす」 to stress the hair being shaved off, and 「刈る」 for cutting hair short or mowing grass. 「伸ばす」 and 「生やす」 are the opposites: letting hair or a beard grow.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 毛けを刃物はもので根元ねもとから切きる。
Kanji in this word
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