JLPT N2 · Verb

あふれる (afureru)

あふれる is a Japanese verb meaning “to overflow; to brim over”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あふれる
Romaji
afureru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to overflow; to brim over; to flood · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

その街は活気にあふれていた。
The town was full of activity.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of あふれる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryあふれるあふれる afureru
Polite (~masu)あふれますあふれます afuremasu
Negativeあふれないあふれない afurenai
Polite negativeあふれませんあふれません afuremasen
Pastあふれたあふれた afureta
Polite pastあふれましたあふれました afuremashita
Negative pastあふれなかったあふれなかった afurenakatta
Te-formあふれてあふれて afurete
Potentialあふれられるあふれられる afurerareru
Passiveあふれられるあふれられる afurerareru
Causativeあふれさせるあふれさせる afuresaseru
Volitionalあふれようあふれよう afureyou
Imperativeあふれろあふれろ afurero
Conditional (~ba)あふれればあふれれば afurereba

Source: JMdict entry 1167610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.