Japanese

Verb

得る ‎(transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana える, romaji eru)

1. get, acquire, gain, obtain, win, catch
2. be able to, can
3. (in the form ざるを得ない following the imperfective form of a verb) cannot help but doing, cannot but do

See also

• 取 (と)る ‎(toru)
• 出来 (でき)る ‎(dekiru)

Antonyms

• 失 (うしな)う ‎(ushinau, “lose”)
• 失 (な)くす ‎(nakusu, “lose”)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• 獲得 (かくとく)する ‎(kakutokusuru)
• 取得 (しゅとく)する ‎(shutokusuru)
• 手 (て)に入 (い)れる ‎(te ni ireru)
• ゲット ‎(getto)

Suffix

得る ‎(hiragana うる, romaji -uru)

1. to obtain (benefit)
2. be able to, -able

   出来 (でき)得 (う)る限 (かぎ)り吾輩 (わがはい)を入 (い)れてくれた主人 (しゅじん)の傍 (そば)にいる事 (こと)をつとめた。

   Dekiuru kagiri wagahai o irete kureta shujin no soba ni iru koto o tsutometa.

   I tried to be at the side of the master who let me in as much as possible.

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2. ↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō