VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

知る

しる

hepburn shiru

to know, to learn (a fact)

Part of speech · godan-verb

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Examples

その人を知っていますか。
Do you know that person?
いいえ、知りません。
No, I don't know.

Collocations

~を知る知っている (know, ongoing)知らない (don't know)お知らせ (notice/announcement)知り合い (acquaintance)

Mnemonic

知る shiru — godan with KEY ASYMMETRY: present tense MUST be 知っている (the bare 知る implies future). "I know" = 知っています, "I don't know" = 知りません. Uses ~を (not ~が like wakaru). Derived noun: 知り合い shiriai (acquaintance).

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