JLPT N3 · Verb

ぶつける (butsukeru)

ぶつける is a Japanese verb meaning “to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ぶつける
Romaji: butsukeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to knock; to run (into); to crash (into) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to throw (at); to fling (at); to hurl (at) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings); to throw (a question at someone) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to pit (someone) against; to set against; to match against; to put up against · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼は頭を棚に強くぶつけて大きなこぶを作った。

He banged his head against a shelf and got a big lump.

Tatoeba #101687

私に泥をぶつけて、泥だらけになった。

He threw mud at me and made me dirty.

Tatoeba #164345

選挙民は投票によって不満をぶつけています。

Voters are taking out their frustrations at the polls.

Tatoeba #141026

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

Conjugation of ぶつける

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	ぶつける	ぶつける butsukeru
Polite (~masu)	ぶつけます	ぶつけます butsukemasu
Negative	ぶつけない	ぶつけない butsukenai
Polite negative	ぶつけません	ぶつけません butsukemasen
Past	ぶつけた	ぶつけた butsuketa
Polite past	ぶつけました	ぶつけました butsukemashita
Negative past	ぶつけなかった	ぶつけなかった butsukenakatta
Te-form	ぶつけて	ぶつけて butsukete
Potential	ぶつけられる	ぶつけられる butsukerareru
Passive	ぶつけられる	ぶつけられる butsukerareru
Causative	ぶつけさせる	ぶつけさせる butsukesaseru
Volitional	ぶつけよう	ぶつけよう butsukeyou
Imperative	ぶつけろ	ぶつけろ butsukero
Conditional (~ba)	ぶつければ	ぶつければ butsukereba

Source: JMdict entry 2742080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.