JLPT N1 · Verb

はまる (hamaru)

はまる is a Japanese verb meaning “to fit; to get into”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はまる
Romaji: hamaru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to fit; to get into; to go into; to be fitted with (e.g. door with a window) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to satisfy (conditions) · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to fall into; to plunge into; to get stuck; to get caught · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to be deceived; to be taken in; to fall into a trap · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
to get addicted to; to get deep into; to become crazy about; to become stuck on · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

車がぬかるみにはまって動けなくなった。

The car got stuck in the mud.

Tatoeba #149138

彼女は今度は自分が罠にはまった。

She fell into a trap in her turn.

Tatoeba #89996

彼女は編み物にはまっている。

She is absorbed in knitting.

Tatoeba #87586

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

Conjugation of はまる

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	はまる	はまる hamaru
Polite (~masu)	はまります	はまります hamarimasu
Negative	はまらない	はまらない hamaranai
Polite negative	はまりません	はまりません hamarimasen
Past	はまった	はまった hamatta
Polite past	はまりました	はまりました hamarimashita
Negative past	はまらなかった	はまらなかった hamaranakatta
Te-form	はまって	はまって hamatte
Potential	はまれる	はまれる hamareru
Passive	はまられる	はまられる hamarareru
Causative	はまらせる	はまらせる hamaraseru
Volitional	はまろう	はまろう hamarou
Imperative	はまれ	はまれ hamare
Conditional (~ba)	はまれば	はまれば hamareba

Source: JMdict entry 1601030 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.