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知る しる N5

  1. to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to discover; to find out; to know; to learn (of)
  2. to feel; to notice; to realize; to sense
  3. to appreciate; to comprehend; to grasp; to understand
  4. to be acquainted with; to be familiar with; to remember
  5. to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
  6. to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
  7. to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility; to have to do with

知るか しるか

  1. I don't care; how should I know?; who cares?

知るものか しるものか

  1. how should I know?; see if I care; who cares?; who knows?

知る人 しるひと

  1. acquaintance; friend
  2. lover

知る人ぞ知る しるひとぞしる

  1. well-known but to the few; well-known only to those in the know; well-known to a connoisseur

知る権利 しるけんり

  1. right to access information; right to know

知る由もない しるよしもない

  1. being completely ignorant of; having no way of knowing

知る者は言わず言う者は知らず しるものはいわずいうものはしらず

  1. he who knows, does not speak; he who speaks, does not know; those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know

知る辺 しるべ

  1. acquaintance; friend

知る限り しるかぎり

  1. as far as I know
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