Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to leave; to go away
2. to pass; to elapse
3. to be distant
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
4. to send away; to drive off; to divorce
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, る)
5. to (do) completely
after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb
Pre-noun adjective
6. last ... (e.g. "last April")
Kanji used
past
Pitch accent
Top 1100
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to run away; to run off
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
Examples (44 in total)
The typhoon is gone.
The snow has melted away.
Why are you leaving early?