Lingaku知れる【しれる】
Frequency rank: 867. (for form しれる: 109.)
- to become known; to come to light; to be discoveredsee also お里が知れる
- to be known; to be understoodusu. in the negativesee also 気が知れない and 得体の知れない
- to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificantsee also 高が知れている
- to be evident; to be obvious; to go without sayingas 知れたこと
- to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.); to be severeas どんなに…か知れない, どれほど...か知れない, etc.
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
Forms
- 知れる【しれる】Frequency rank: 867.
- しれるFrequency rank: 109.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to become known; to come to light; to be discovered
- to be known; to be understood
- to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
- to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying
- to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.); to be severe
This usage of the word 知れる is to describe information or a fact that becomes known or is discovered.
In this context, 知れる is used to express the idea of being known or understood by others.
This meaning is used to convey the idea of something being unimportant or insignificant.
知れる can be used to describe situations where something is evident, obvious, or goes without saying.
This usage of 知れる is for expressing intense emotions like worry, hope, etc.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- わかる分かる．.しぜん自然とわかる分かる．.しる知ることができる．.
- かれ彼のにんげんせい人間性がうかがいしれる窺い知れるきちょう貴重ないつわ逸話である．.
- うちだ内田し氏のさくひん作品はきごう…きごう…戞々たるどく独そうぞう創造のさくひん作品なり．.されども然れどもこのすう数へん篇をよめる読めるものはきごう（ぼく僕のしれる知れるかぎり限りにてはきごう）むろう室生さいせい犀星、はぎはら萩原さくたろう朔太郎、ささき佐佐木もさく茂索、きしだ岸田こくし国士とう等のよんし四氏あるのみ．.きごう（あくたがわ芥川りゅうのすけ龍之介きごう『うちだ内田ひゃっけん百間し氏きごう』きごう）
- ひと人にしられる知られる．.しゅうち周知される．.
- しゅうだん集団みあい見合しゅつじょう出場のきかく企劃がしれる知れると、しがん志願のあげく、こうふん亢奮、ふううん風雲をまきおこす起すうれい憂があって、きかく企劃をひみつヒミツにしてあるそうだ．.きごう（さかぐち坂口あんご安吾きごう『しゅうだん集団みあい見合きごう』きごう）
- かんかく感覚をうしなう失う．.
Example sentences
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I may be antisocial, but it doesn't mean I don't talk to people.
Their communication may be much more complex than we thought.
It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.
Hey, I may have no money, but I still have my pride.
This might not have anything to do with the problem at hand.
It mightn't have been my youngest brother's fault, but it wasn't mine either.
You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.
What you don't see and hear with your own ears and eyes might be true, but it might also not be true.
It's a job worth doing, but if I think about the working hours and the risk ... I could be onto a real losing proposition here.
I think it might be useful if you could add how to output the diphthongs (with small ya/yu/yo) and geminate consonants (with small tsu).
It was a rush job so it might not be a good fit.