実る・稔る|みのるminoru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
実る実る（みのる） is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners; it appears in a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling.
稔る稔る（みのる） is a rarely used mixed kanji-and-kana variant; you will seldom encounter it, so beginners should use 実る instead.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto bear fruit; to ripen
- godan verb, intransitive verbto produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 実る（みのる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 実ります（みのります） |
| Negative (nai) | 実らない（みのらない） |
| polite (masen) | 実りません（みのりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 実らず・実らぬ（みのらず・みのらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 実った（みのった） |
| polite (mashita) | 実りました（みのりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 実らなかった（みのらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 実りませんでした（みのりませんでした） |
| Te form | 実って（みのって） |
| Potential | 実れる（みのれる） |
| Passive | 実られる（みのられる） |
| Causative | 実らせる（みのらせる） |
| Causative passive | 実らせられる・実らされる（みのらせられる・みのらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 実れば（みのれば） |
| tara | 実ったら（みのったら） |
| Volitional | 実ろう（みのろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 実りましょう（みのりましょう） |
| Imperative | 実れ（みのれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymなるNeutralRefers to fruit simply forming on the plant, as in 「柿がなる」; 「実る」stresses the fruit ripening and is also figurative for efforts paying off.
- Synonym熟するじゅくするWrittenWritten/formal prose: fruit ripening, or the time being ripe to act. 「実る」is the more everyday word.
- Synonym熟れるうれるNeutralFruit or grain becoming fully ripe and ready to eat, as in 「熟れたトマト」; 「実る」focuses on bearing fruit and, figuratively, on results.
- Synonym熟むうむWrittenMeans fruit ripening but is rare; say 「熟れる」or 「実る」in daily speech. 「実る」also covers efforts bearing fruit.
- Related成熟せいじゅくNeutralA noun for maturity in living things and in personality or character; 「実る」focuses on bearing fruit and efforts showing results.
- Related熟成じゅくせいNeutralAging or maturing of sake, meat, cheese and the like to develop flavor; 「実る」is about plants bearing fruit.
- Related完熟かんじゅくNeutralFull, complete ripeness of fruit, often seen in product marketing; 「実る」focuses on bearing fruit.
- Antonym枯れるかれるNeutralThe opposite of 「実る」in how growth ends: the plant withers and dies.
- Antonym実らないNeutralThe negative form: bearing no fruit, or efforts that go unrewarded.
Use 「実る」for crops ripening and for efforts bearing fruit. For fruit simply forming on the plant use 「生る」; for fruit fully ripe, 「熟れる」; for the aging of sake, meat or cheese, 「熟成」. The opposite outcome, a plant withering, is 「枯れる」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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