VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

着る

きる
hepburn kiru

to wear, to put on (upper body)

Part of speech · ichidan-verb

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Examples

  1. シャツを着る。
    I put on a shirt.
  2. 着物を着てみたい。
    I want to try wearing a kimono.

Collocations

着る (kiru, wear upper)シャツを着る着物を着る着替える (kigaeru, change)着こなす (kikonasu, dress well)

Mnemonic

Kiru-wear (着る) is "wear (upper body)" — B + cluster (clothing-verb cluster; Japans body-part wear-verb split). Body-part verbs: (1) kiru (upper, dress, coat, kimono); (2) haku (lower, shoes, socks); (3) kaburu (hats, helmets); (4) suru for accessories (tie, watch). Korean ipda / sinda / sseuda split and Chinese chuan / dai split parallel; Japans 4-way systematic.

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  1. Body-part wear verbs 4?

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