しれる
Shireru
知れる (Shireru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to become known, to come to light, to be discovered, to be known”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto become known; to come to light; to be discovered
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be known; to be understoodusu. in the negative
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be evident; to be obvious; to go without sayingas 知れたこと
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto 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.
Examples
杳として行方が知れない。
Nothing whatever is known of him.
彼は日本では名の知れた作曲家だ。
He is a famous composer.
言葉のなまりで彼女の国が知れた。
Her accent gave her away.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).