JLPT N3 · Verb

凍る (kooru)

凍る (こおる, kooru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to freeze; to become frozen”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
こおる
Romaji
kooru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

道が凍っているから気を付けなさい。
The road is icy, so take care.

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

Conjugation of 凍る

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary凍るこおる kooru
Polite (~masu)凍りますこおります koorimasu
Negative凍らないこおらない kooranai
Polite negative凍りませんこおりません koorimasen
Past凍ったこおった kootta
Polite past凍りましたこおりました koorimashita
Negative past凍らなかったこおらなかった kooranakatta
Te-form凍ってこおって kootte
Potential凍れるこおれる kooreru
Passive凍られるこおられる koorareru
Causative凍らせるこおらせる kooraseru
Volitional凍ろうこおろう koorou
Imperative凍れこおれ koore
Conditional (~ba)凍ればこおれば kooreba

Kanji in 凍る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 凍る.

Source: JMdict entry 1593100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.