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諮る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	諮はかる	諮はからない
Polite	諮はかります	諮はかりません
Past polite	諮はかりました	諮はかりませんでした
Past	諮はかった	諮はからなかった
Te-form	諮はかって	諮はからないで
Desire	諮はかりたい	諮はかりたくない
Potential	諮はかれる	諮はかれない
Passive	諮はかられる	諮はかられない
Causative	諮はからせる	諮はからせない
Causative passive	諮はからせられるalso 諮はからされる	諮はからせられないalso 諮はからされない
Volitional	諮はかろう
Polite volitional	諮はかりましょう
Imperative	諮はかれ	諮はかるな
Conditional	諮はかれば	諮はからなければ
Tara conditional	諮はかったら	諮はからなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

consult; discuss; confer; deliberate

Formal term for seeking opinions or holding discussions, often in official or committee settings. Used with に to mark the person or body consulted.

委い員いん会かいに諮はかってから決けっ定ていします。
We will decide after consulting the committee.
新あたらしい規き則そくについて専せん門もん家かに諮はかる必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to consult experts about the new regulations.

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Usage patterns

〈相あい手て〉に〈事こと〉を諮はかるto put a matter before a committee/board for deliberation
新あたらしい計けい画かくについて委い員いん会かいに諮はかることにした。
We decided to bring the new plan before the committee for consultation.
〈事こと〉について諮はかるto deliberate on a matter (with an advisory body)
予よ算さんの変へん更こうについては理り事じ会かいに諮はかる必ひつ要ようがある。
Changes to the budget need to be discussed with the board of directors.

Kanji

諮consult with
咨investigate

Related words

相そう談だんN4
相談する is the everyday, general word for consulting or discussing something, while 諮る is formal and typically used for putting a matter before an official body for deliberation.
協きょう議ぎN1
協議する emphasizes mutual discussion and negotiation among parties, whereas 諮る focuses on formally seeking opinions from an advisory group or committee.
諮し問もん
諮問する specifically means to formally ask an advisory body for its opinion, a narrower and more bureaucratic act than the broader 諮る, which covers putting any matter to deliberation.

Don't confuse with

図はかるN1
図る (はかる) means to plan or scheme toward a goal, while 諮る (はかる) means to consult a body for advice or deliberation—same reading, unrelated meaning.
測はかるN4
計る (はかる) means to measure time, quantity, or estimate something, whereas 諮る (はかる) means to consult others formally; they share a reading but not a meaning.

Written forms

諮はかるUsage35%
Standard kanji form; used in formal and official contexts.
はかるUsage65%
咨はかるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not commonly used in modern writing.

Etymology

The kanji 諮 means 'consult' or 'seek advice'. The verb はかる is related to other はかる verbs (e.g., 計る, 図る) with a core sense of 'planning' or 'measuring', but the exact derivation is uncertain.