Word · 単語
知れる
Reading しれる
to become known
- 1 to become known, to come to light, to be discovered
- 2 to be known, to be understood — usu. in the negative
- 3 to clearly not amount to much, to be insignificant
- 4 to be evident, to be obvious, to go without saying — as 知れたこと
- 5 to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.), to be severe — as どんなに…か知れない, どれほど...か知れない, etc.
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
杳として行方が知れない。
Nothing whatever is known of him.
両親に知れたら面倒なことになるよ。
You'll get into trouble if your parents find out.
お米屋さんは、言わずと知れた斜陽産業。
Needless to say, dealing in rice is a declining industry.
言葉のなまりで彼女の国が知れた。
Her accent gave her away.
彼の服装で外国人だということが知れた。
His dress betrayed the fact that he was a foreigner.