JLPT N2 · Verb

あぶる (aburu)

あぶる is a Japanese verb meaning “to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists.

Reading
あぶる
Romaji
aburu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
  2. to toast; to grill; to broil; to roast; to scorch · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼は濡れた服を火にあぶってかわかした。
He dried his wet clothes by the fire.
それは油であぶられた。
That was cooked in oil.

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

Conjugation of あぶる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryあぶるあぶる aburu
Polite (~masu)あぶりますあぶります aburimasu
Negativeあぶらないあぶらない aburanai
Polite negativeあぶりませんあぶりません aburimasen
Pastあぶったあぶった abutta
Polite pastあぶりましたあぶりました aburimashita
Negative pastあぶらなかったあぶらなかった aburanakatta
Te-formあぶってあぶって abutte
Potentialあぶれるあぶれる abureru
Passiveあぶられるあぶられる aburareru
Causativeあぶらせるあぶらせる aburaseru
Volitionalあぶろうあぶろう aburou
Imperativeあぶれあぶれ abure
Conditional (~ba)あぶればあぶれば abureba

Source: JMdict entry 1568910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.