Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to leave; to go away
2. to pass; to elapse
3. to be distant
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
4. to send away; to drive off; to divorce
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, る)
5. to (do) completely
after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb
Pre-noun adjective
6. last ... (e.g. "last April")
Kanji used
past
Pitch accent
Top 1100
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to run away; to run off
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to pass; to pass by
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to take away; to carry away
to crumble away; to collapse
to take flight; to disappear
to walk away; to walk off
to remove; to eliminate
to consign to oblivion
to leave this world; to die
to walk away; to saunter off
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
to carry away
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to break loose; to quit
to retreat; to withdraw; to deduct
dating back from now; ago
to remove; to eliminate
Examples (44 in total)
The typhoon is gone.
The snow has melted away.
Why are you leaving early?