刈る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 刈る | 刈らない |
| Polite | 刈ります | 刈りません |
| Past polite | 刈りました | 刈りませんでした |
| Past | 刈った | 刈らなかった |
| Te-form | 刈って | 刈らないで |
| Desire | 刈りたい | 刈りたくない |
| Potential | 刈れる | 刈れない |
| Passive | 刈られる | 刈られない |
| Causative | 刈らせる | 刈らせない |
| Causative passive | 刈らせられるalso 刈らされる | 刈らせられないalso 刈らされない |
| Volitional | 刈ろう | |
| Polite volitional | 刈りましょう | |
| Imperative | 刈れ | 刈るな |
| Conditional | 刈れば | 刈らなければ |
| Tara conditional | 刈ったら | 刈らなかったら |
Used for cutting or trimming grass, hair, crops, branches, wool, etc. with a blade or scissors. Covers mowing, pruning, shearing, and harvesting.
I mowed the lawn in the garden over the weekend.
I had my hair cut at the barber.
We harvest rice in autumn.
I mow the grass in the yard every weekend.
Many people cut their hair short when summer comes.
When autumn comes, farmers harvest the rice.
close-cropped hair; harvesting
crew cut
mow; reap; harvest
trimming; cutting; haircut; pruning
harvesting; reaping
harvested rice field
lawn mowing; grass cutting
weeding; undergrowth clearing
mower; reaper
stubble
stubble
harvested grain; harvested rice ears
cut-over land; stubble field; aftermath of cutting
hand reaping; cutting rice plants with a sickle
pruning (of a decision tree)
firewood gathering; brushwood cutting
shearing; cutting hair or wool