JLPT N3 · Verb

こぼす (kobosu)

こぼす is a Japanese verb meaning “to spill; to drop”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
こぼす
Romaji
kobosu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to spill; to drop; to shed (tears) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
  2. to grumble (about); to complain (of) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
  3. to let (one's feelings) show · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

私はコーヒーをじゅうたんにこぼしてしまった。
I spilled my coffee on the carpet.
父は交通騒音について不平をこぼした。
My father complained about the traffic noise.

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

Conjugation of こぼす

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryこぼすこぼす kobosu
Polite (~masu)こぼしますこぼします koboshimasu
Negativeこぼさないこぼさない kobosanai
Polite negativeこぼしませんこぼしません koboshimasen
Pastこぼしたこぼした koboshita
Polite pastこぼしましたこぼしました koboshimashita
Negative pastこぼさなかったこぼさなかった kobosanakatta
Te-formこぼしてこぼして koboshite
Potentialこぼせるこぼせる koboseru
Passiveこぼされるこぼされる kobosareru
Causativeこぼさせるこぼさせる kobosaseru
Volitionalこぼそうこぼそう kobosou
Imperativeこぼせこぼせ kobose
Conditional (~ba)こぼせばこぼせば koboseba

Source: JMdict entry 1557640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.