音読み: シャ
訓読み: あやまる
画数: 10
部首: すんづくり（寸）
Meaning
Shoot / Fire / Radiate / Shine
- Basic forms
- 謝る — apologize / base form
- 謝ります — apologize / masu form
- 謝った — apologized / ta form
- 謝って — apologize and … / te form
- 謝らない — do not apologize / negative
- 謝れば — if (one) apologizes / conditional
- 謝れ — apologize! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 遅れて謝る — apologize for being late
- すぐに謝る — apologize right away
- 失礼を謝る — apologize for rudeness
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- 謝りたい — want to apologize / 〜たい form
- 謝ろう — let’s apologize / 〜よう form
- 謝ってしまった — ended up apologizing / 〜てしまう
謝る（あやまる） is a godan verb meaning “to apologize.” It is used for admitting a mistake and saying sorry, in both casual and polite situations.
- 射撃 — shooting; gunnery
- 発射 — launch; firing (projectile)
- 注射 — injection
- 直射 — direct rays
- 反射 — reflection
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The kanji combines the shape of a hand with an arrow, conveying sending something forth—shooting, emitting, or directing force or light. The kun-yomi いる appears in literary style, while シャ is common in modern compounds.