知らせる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
知
し
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

The causative form of verb 知る (shiru, “to know”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しらせる [shìrásérú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠se̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

知(し)らせる • (shiraseru) transitive ichidan (stem 知(し)らせ (shirase), past 知(し)らせた (shiraseta))

  1. to let someone know something
  2. to notify, to report, to inform, to give notice

Conjugation
Conjugation of "知らせる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 知らせ しらせ shirase
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 知らせ しらせ shirase
Shūshikei ("terminal") 知らせる しらせる shiraseru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 知らせる しらせる shiraseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 知らせれ しらせれ shirasere
Meireikei ("imperative") 知らせよ¹
知らせろ²		 しらせよ¹
しらせろ²		 shiraseyo¹
shirasero²
Key constructions
Passive 知らせられる しらせられる shiraserareru
Causative 知らせさせる
知らせさす		 しらせさせる
しらせさす		 shirasesaseru
shirasesasu
Potential 知らせられる
知らせれる³		 しらせられる
しらせれる³		 shiraserareru
shirasereru³
Volitional 知らせよう しらせよう shiraseyō
Negative 知らせない
知らせぬ
知らせん		 しらせない
しらせぬ
しらせん		 shirasenai
shirasenu
shirasen
Negative continuative 知らせず しらせず shirasezu
Formal 知らせます しらせます shirasemasu
Perfective 知らせた しらせた shiraseta
Conjunctive 知らせて しらせて shirasete
Hypothetical conditional 知らせれば しらせれば shirasereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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