Vocabulary

What does 洒落る (しゃれる, shareru) mean?

洒落る (しゃれる, shareru) means to dress stylishly; to make a pun, to joke wittily.

Quick facts
Readingしゃれる
Romajishareru
Part of speechichidan verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
しゃれる
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonshareru

to dress stylishly; to make a pun, to joke wittily

  1. 1ichidan verb · intransitive to dress stylishly
  2. 2ichidan verb · intransitive to joke; to play on words

Example sentences

  • He always goes out dressed in a fashionable outfit.

  • The section chief lightened the mood with a witty joke.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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