現れる・現われる・表れる・顕れる|あらわれるarawareru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
現れる現れる is the most common written form, using kanji and kana. It is the recommended choice for beginners and the natural starting point when writing this word.
現われる現われる is a less common kanji-and-kana variant of 現れる. You may encounter it in written text, but beginners should choose 現れる instead.
表れる表れる is less common than 現われる and 現れる, though it is also a kanji-and-kana written form. Beginners should use 現れる rather than choosing this form.
顕れる顕れる is a rarely used kanji-and-kana form. You may encounter it occasionally, but beginners should use 現れる instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)その薬の効きめが現れた。↗The medicine took effect.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 現れる（あらわれる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 現れます（あらわれます） |
| Negative (nai) | 現れない（あらわれない） |
| polite (masen) | 現れません（あらわれません） |
| classical zu / nu | 現れず・現れぬ（あらわれず・あらわれぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 現れた（あらわれた） |
| polite (mashita) | 現れました（あらわれました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 現れなかった（あらわれなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 現れませんでした（あらわれませんでした） |
| Te form | 現れて（あらわれて） |
| Potential | 現れられる（あらわれられる） |
| Passive | 現れられる（あらわれられる） |
| Causative | 現れさせる（あらわれさせる） |
| Causative passive | 現れさせられる（あらわれさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 現れれば（あらわれれば） |
| tara | 現れたら（あらわれたら） |
| Volitional | 現れよう（あらわれよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 現れましょう（あらわれましょう） |
| Imperative | 現れろ（あらわれろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
姿が現れる
現れる focuses on the event or resulting state, while 表す foregrounds the agent acting on something. Compare 姿が現れる with 姿を現す.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym出現しゅつげんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A Sino-Japanese noun for appearance; fits people, celestial bodies, phenomena, and new things alike.
- Synonym現出げんしゅつFormalFormal written style and rare; to manifest or present itself, as in 「奇観を現出する」.
- Synonym現れ出るあらわれでるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Emerging from hiding into view, stressing the move from inside to outside.
- Synonym立ち現れるたちあらわれるWrittenWritten/formal prose with a literary flavor; for something rising into view or manifesting itself.
- Related飛び出すとびだすNeutralTo leap or rush out suddenly; the emphasis is on the abrupt movement, where 「現れる」 just means appearing.
- Related現ずるげんずるFormalFormal written style with an archaic air, and rarely used; to appear or reveal itself.
- Relatedにじみ出るにじみでるNeutralTo ooze or seep out; also for emotions or character showing through naturally, as in 「人柄がにじみ出る」.
- Antonym隠れるかくれるNeutralTo hide or be hidden from sight; the direct opposite of 「現れる」.
- Antonym潜むひそむWrittenWritten/formal prose. To lurk or lie hidden inside, out of sight — the opposite of 「現れる」, which is about coming into view.
Use 「現れる」 for something coming into view or for emotions and effects showing. In written prose, 「出現」 is the noun for the appearance of people, phenomena, or new things. For character or feelings naturally showing through, say 「にじみ出る」; for leaping or rushing out suddenly, 「飛び出す」. 「隠れる」 and 「潜む」 are antonyms.
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