I Love Kanji固まる (katamaru)
固まる (かたまる, katamaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to harden; to solidify”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かたまる
- Romaji
- katamaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to harden; to solidify · godan verb, intransitive
- to become firm; to become certain · godan verb, intransitive
- to gather (together); to assemble; to huddle together · godan verb, intransitive
- to freeze; to hang; to stop responding · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 固まる
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 | 固まる | かたまる katamaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 固まります | かたまります katamarimasu |
| Negative | 固まらない | かたまらない katamaranai |
| Polite negative | 固まりません | かたまりません katamarimasen |
| Past | 固まった | かたまった katamatta |
| Polite past | 固まりました | かたまりました katamarimashita |
| Negative past | 固まらなかった | かたまらなかった katamaranakatta |
| Te-form | 固まって | かたまって katamatte |
| Potential | 固まれる | かたまれる katamareru |
| Passive | 固まられる | かたまられる katamarareru |
| Causative | 固まらせる | かたまらせる katamaraseru |
| Volitional | 固まろう | かたまろう katamarou |
| Imperative | 固まれ | かたまれ katamare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 固まれば | かたまれば katamareba |
Kanji in 固まる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 固まる.
Source: JMdict entry 1266550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.