晴れる

Japanese

晴(は)れる • (hareru) intransitive ichidan (stem 晴(は)れ (hare), past 晴(は)れた (hareta))

Japanese verb pair
active	晴らす
mediopassive	晴れる

(meteorology) to clear
晴(は)れた空(そら)
hareta sora
clear sky
(literally, “sky that has cleared”)
to be cleared of negative emotion
気分(きぶん)が晴(は)れない
kibun ga harenai
unable to rid oneself of negative feelings
(literally, “mood does not clear up”)

心(こころ)が晴(は)れない
kokoro ga harenai
unable to rid one's mind of negative feelings
(literally, “heart does not clear up”)
(of negative emotion) to clear up; to dissolve
モヤモヤが晴(は)れない
moyamoya ga harenai
unable to rid oneself of a fuzzy feeling
(literally, “fuzzy feeling does not clear up”)
to get cleared of suspicion

Conjugation of "晴れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	晴れ	はれ	hare
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	晴れ	はれ	hare
Shūshikei ("terminal")	晴れる	はれる	hareru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	晴れる	はれる	hareru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	晴れれ	はれれ	harere
Meireikei ("imperative")	晴れよ¹ 晴れろ²	はれよ¹ はれろ²	hareyo¹ harero²
Key constructions
Passive	晴れられる	はれられる	harerareru
Causative	晴れさせる晴れさす	はれさせるはれさす	haresaseru haresasu
Potential	晴れられる晴れれる³	はれられるはれれる³	harerareru harereru³
Volitional	晴れよう	はれよう	hareyō
Negative	晴れない晴れぬ晴れん	はれないはれぬはれん	harenai harenu haren
Negative continuative	晴れず	はれず	harezu
Formal	晴れます	はれます	haremasu
Perfective	晴れた	はれた	hareta
Conjunctive	晴れて	はれて	harete
Hypothetical conditional	晴れれば	はれれば	harereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

“晴れる”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025