洒落しゃれる

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洒落る · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	洒落しゃれる	洒落しゃれない
Polite	洒落しゃれます	洒落しゃれません
Past polite	洒落しゃれました	洒落しゃれませんでした
Past	洒落しゃれた	洒落しゃれなかった
Te-form	洒落しゃれて	洒落しゃれないで
Desire	洒落しゃれたい	洒落しゃれたくない
Potential	洒落しゃれられるalso 洒落しゃれれる	洒落しゃれられないalso 洒落しゃれれない
Passive	洒落しゃれられる	洒落しゃれられない
Causative	洒落しゃれさせる	洒落しゃれさせない
Causative passive	洒落しゃれさせられる	洒落しゃれさせられない
Volitional	洒落しゃれよう
Polite volitional	洒落しゃれましょう
Imperative	洒落しゃれろ	洒落しゃれるな
Conditional	洒落しゃれれば	洒落しゃれなければ
Tara conditional	洒落しゃれたら	洒落しゃれなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

dress stylishly; be chic

Describes a person, outfit, or appearance that is fashionable, tasteful, or sophisticated. Often used in the past tense 洒落た to describe something stylish.

彼かの女じょはいつも洒落しゃれた服ふくを着きている。
She always wears stylish clothes.
あの店みせは洒落しゃれた雰ふん囲い気きで人にん気きがある。
That shop is popular for its chic atmosphere.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

joke; play on words; crack a joke

Refers to making a witty remark, pun, or light-hearted joke. Often implies clever or refined humor rather than crude joking.

彼かれは会かい話わの中なかでよく洒落しゃれる。
He often cracks jokes during conversations.
その洒落しゃれた言いい回まわしが面おも白しろかった。
That witty turn of phrase was funny.

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Usage patterns

洒落しゃれた〈物もの〉〉a stylish ~ (café, outfit, design, etc.)
駅えき前まえに洒落しゃれたカフェができた。
A stylish café opened near the station.
洒落しゃれたことを言いうto say something witty, often involving a pun
彼かれはいつも洒落しゃれたことを言いって皆みんなを笑わらわせる。
He always says witty things that make everyone laugh.

Expressions

しゃれにならないnot funny; no laughing matter; serious

Kanji

洒wash, sprinkle
落fall, drop, come down

Related words

おめかし sense 1
おめかしする means to dress up cutely or make oneself pretty, often said of children or women, while 洒落る describes an overall fashionable, sophisticated look for people or things.
おどける sense 2
戯ける means to clown around or act silly, often through gestures or behavior, whereas 洒落る refers to making a clever, witty verbal remark or pun.

Opposites

野や暮ぼったい sense 1
野暮ったい describes something dowdy or unfashionable, the direct opposite of the stylish, chic quality expressed by 洒落る.

Don't confuse with

気き取どるN1sense 1
気取る implies putting on an affected, pretentious air, while 洒落る simply describes genuine good taste or stylishness without that negative connotation.

Word family· 12

おしゃれN3
stylish; fashionable; trendy · dressing up; making oneself look nice · fashionable person; stylish dresser
洒落しゃれN2
joke; pun; wordplay · stylish; smartly dressed; fashionable
だじゃれ
bad pun; corny joke; feeble joke
悪わる洒落じゃれ
offensive joke; crude pun; vulgar wisecrack
洒落しゃれた
stylish; smart; tasteful; fashionable · witty; clever

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洒落しゃれ本ぼん
sharebon; Edo-period comic novelette about the pleasure quarters
洒落しゃれ者もの
dandy; fop; fashionable man
小こ洒落じゃれる
be somewhat stylish; be a bit chic
洒落しゃれっ気け
fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish · wit; sense of humor
洒落しゃれ込こむ
get dressed up; dress up smartly · treat oneself; splash out
おしゃれさん
fashionable person; stylish person
洒落しゃれのめす
joke everything away; turn everything into a joke; keep joking to the end

Written forms

洒落しゃれるUsage55%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
Standard kanji spelling, though the characters are ateji (phonetic).
しゃれるUsage45%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji are considered difficult.

Etymology

洒落 is an ateji spelling. The verb’s origin is disputed: it has been connected with 晒る／曝る, “become weathered or refined,” and with ざれる, a form of 戯れる, “behave playfully.” Its later senses include wit and stylishness.