知しれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be known; be understood

Usually used in the negative (知れない) to mean 'cannot be known/understood'. Common in fixed phrases like 気が知れない and 得体の知れない.

See also: 気が知れない · 得体の知れない

• 彼かれが何なにを考かんがえているのか、まったく気きが知しれない。

  I have no idea what he's thinking.

• 得え体たいの知しれない生いき物ものを見みた。

  I saw a creature of unknown identity.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be insignificant; not amount to much

Used in the pattern 高が知れている to belittle something as trivial or limited. The verb itself carries the meaning of 'being known to be small in scale'.

See also: たかが知れている

• 彼かれの実じつ力りょくなんて高たかが知しれている。

  His ability is nothing to speak of.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be obvious; go without saying

Used in the fixed phrase 知れたこと to mean something is self-evident or a matter of course.

• そんなことは知しれたことだ。

  That goes without saying.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be very intense; be severe

Used in patterns like どんなに…か知れない to express an extreme degree of emotion or state, such as worry or hope. The verb indicates that the extent is unknowable because it is so great.

• どんなに心しん配ぱいか知しれない。

  You can't imagine how worried I am.