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治る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	治なおる	治なおらない
Polite	治なおります	治なおりません
Past polite	治なおりました	治なおりませんでした
Past	治なおった	治なおらなかった
Te-form	治なおって	治なおらないで
Desire	治なおりたい	治なおりたくない
Potential	治なおれる	治なおれない
Passive	治なおられる	治なおられない
Causative	治なおらせる	治なおらせない
Causative passive	治なおらせられるalso 治なおらされる	治なおらせられないalso 治なおらされない
Volitional	治なおろう
Polite volitional	治なおりましょう
Imperative	治なおれ	治なおるな
Conditional	治なおれば	治なおらなければ
Tara conditional	治なおったら	治なおらなかったら

Pairs with治す

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

get better; recover; be cured; heal

Intransitive; describes a person or body part recovering from illness or injury. The subject is the thing that heals, not the person treating it.

風邪かぜが治なおるまでゆっくり休やすんでください。
Please rest well until your cold gets better.
骨こっ折せつは三さんヶか月げつで治なおった。
The broken bone healed in three months.

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Usage patterns

病びょう気きが治なおるan illness gets better/is cured
彼かれの病びょう気きはすぐに治なおった。
His illness got better quickly.
傷きずが治なおるa wound heals
膝ひざの傷きずはもう治なおった。
The cut on my knee has already healed.
すっかり治なおるto fully recover
風邪かぜはすっかり治なおりました。
My cold has completely cleared up.
自し然ぜんに治なおるto heal on its own/naturally
軽かるい擦すり傷きずは自し然ぜんに治なおる。
A minor scrape heals on its own.

Kanji

治reign, be at peace, calm down

Transitive / intransitive

治なおすN4
治す is the transitive verb meaning 'to cure/heal someone or something', while 治る is the intransitive verb describing the recovery itself.

Related words

回かい復ふくN3
回復する is a more formal, often written word for recovering (health, economy, etc.), while 治る is the everyday word specifically for an illness or injury healing.

Opposites

患わずらうN1
治る means to recover or get well, the natural opposite of 患う, which means to be suffering from an illness.
かかるN3
治る means to recover or get well, the opposite process of かかる, which means to fall ill or contract a disease.
重おもる
治る means an illness gets better or heals, the opposite of 重る meaning a condition worsens.
病やむN2
治る means to recover or heal, the direct opposite of 病む, which means to fall or be ill.

Don't confuse with

直なおるN4
直る is written differently and is used for mechanical or abstract things being fixed (a machine, a bad habit), whereas 治る is used for a person or body part recovering from illness or injury.

Word family

治なおり
recovery; healing
治なおりかける
start to get better; begin to heal

Written forms

治なおるUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling for recovery from illness or injury.
なおるUsage10%
直なおる
Used when something broken or wrong is fixed or corrected, though 治る is more common for health.

Etymology

The verb 治る (なおる) is a native Japanese word. The kanji 治 carries meanings of 'govern', 'regulate', and 'heal', and is used here for recovery from illness. The reading なおる is shared with 直る, and the two are historically related, both deriving from the idea of returning to a normal or correct state.