飾る

Meanings

1. to decorate; to ornament; to adorn
2. to display; to exhibit; to put on show; to arrange
3. to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page); to grace (e.g. the cover)
4. to affect (a manner); to keep up (appearances); to embellish; to dress up; to be showy; to be pretentious

Part of speech: godan verb (る), transitive

Kanji

• 飾

  Meanings

  decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish

  On reading

  ショク

  Kun reading

  かざ.る、かざ.り

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• 私たち自身が部屋を飾ったのです。

  We decorated the room ourselves.

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• 彼の絵が壁に飾られていた。

  His pictures were hung on the wall.

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