剃る|そるsoru[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto shave
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.
- 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


