I Love Kanjiぶつかる (butsukaru)
ぶつかる is a Japanese verb meaning “to bump into; to run into”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ぶつかる
- Romaji
- butsukaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to bump into; to run into; to collide with; to hit; to strike · godan verb, intransitive
- to encounter; to meet with; to come upon; to face; to run up against · godan verb, intransitive
- to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict; to be at odds (with) · godan verb, intransitive
- to clash (of events); to fall (on); to occur at the same time (as) · godan verb, intransitive
- to tackle head-on (a difficulty); to confront boldly · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of ぶつかる
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 | ぶつかる | ぶつかる butsukaru |
| Polite (~masu) | ぶつかります | ぶつかります butsukarimasu |
| Negative | ぶつからない | ぶつからない butsukaranai |
| Polite negative | ぶつかりません | ぶつかりません butsukarimasen |
| Past | ぶつかった | ぶつかった butsukatta |
| Polite past | ぶつかりました | ぶつかりました butsukarimashita |
| Negative past | ぶつからなかった | ぶつからなかった butsukaranakatta |
| Te-form | ぶつかって | ぶつかって butsukatte |
| Potential | ぶつかれる | ぶつかれる butsukareru |
| Passive | ぶつかられる | ぶつかられる butsukarareru |
| Causative | ぶつからせる | ぶつからせる butsukaraseru |
| Volitional | ぶつかろう | ぶつかろう butsukarou |
| Imperative | ぶつかれ | ぶつかれ butsukare |
| Conditional (~ba) | ぶつかれば | ぶつかれば butsukareba |
Source: JMdict entry 1011180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.