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JLPT N3 · Verb

うなる (unaru)

うなる is a Japanese verb meaning “to groan; to moan”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
うなる
Romaji
unaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to groan; to moan · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to roar; to howl; to growl · godan verb, intransitive
  3. to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to whiz; to sough; to make a low, dull sound · godan verb, intransitive
  4. to ooh and aah (in admiration) · godan verb, intransitive
  5. to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

なにやら唸りながら、ほとばしるパッションをキャンバスにぶつけている！
Groaning strangely she is hurling her overflowing passion onto the canvas!
Tatoeba #75602
その犬は小さな男の子に向かって唸った。
The dog growled at a little boy.
Tatoeba #210970

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

Conjugation of うなる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryうなるうなる unaru
Polite (~masu)うなりますうなります unarimasu
Negativeうならないうならない unaranai
Polite negativeうなりませんうなりません unarimasen
Pastうなったうなった unatta
Polite pastうなりましたうなりました unarimashita
Negative pastうならなかったうならなかった unaranakatta
Te-formうなってうなって unatte
Potentialうなれるうなれる unareru
Passiveうなられるうなられる unarareru
Causativeうならせるうならせる unaraseru
Volitionalうなろううなろう unarou
Imperativeうなれうなれ unare
Conditional (~ba)うなればうなれば unareba

Source: JMdict entry 1565300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.