Japanese

れる

うすれる
Meaning: to fade; to grow thin; to weaken
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 薄れる 薄れない
Polite 薄れます 薄れません
Past 薄れた 薄れなかった
Polite + Past 薄れました 薄れませんでした
Te-form 薄れて 薄れなくて
Potential 薄れられる 薄れられない
Passive 薄れられる 薄れられない
Causative 薄れさせる 薄れさせない
Imperative 薄れろ 薄れるな

Handwriting

薄
れ
る

Example sentences

As time passed, the memory of that time began to fade.
故郷の風景を思い返しても、往事渺茫として記憶は薄れるばかりだ。
Even when I look back on my hometown scenery, the past is so distant that my memories only fade.

Usage Notes

Describes physical things becoming less dense (like fog) or abstract things like feelings and memories losing their intensity.

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