I Love Kanji吠える (hoeru)
吠える (ほえる, hoeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to bark; to howl”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほえる
- Romaji
- hoeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to bark; to howl; to bay; to roar; to yelp · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to yell; to shout; to cry; to moan · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 吠える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 吠える | ほえる hoeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 吠えます | ほえます hoemasu |
| Negative | 吠えない | ほえない hoenai |
| Polite negative | 吠えません | ほえません hoemasen |
| Past | 吠えた | ほえた hoeta |
| Polite past | 吠えました | ほえました hoemashita |
| Negative past | 吠えなかった | ほえなかった hoenakatta |
| Te-form | 吠えて | ほえて hoete |
| Potential | 吠えられる | ほえられる hoerareru |
| Passive | 吠えられる | ほえられる hoerareru |
| Causative | 吠えさせる | ほえさせる hoesaseru |
| Volitional | 吠えよう | ほえよう hoeyou |
| Imperative | 吠えろ | ほえろ hoero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 吠えれば | ほえれば hoereba |
Kanji in 吠える
Source: JMdict entry 1603420 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.