JLPT N3 · Verb

埋まる (umaru)

埋まる (うまる, umaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be buried; to be covered”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うまる
Romaji: umaru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded · godan verb, intransitive
to overflow; to be crowded; to be filled · godan verb, intransitive
to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished · godan verb, intransitive
to be filled (e.g. blank, vacancy, schedule) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

この区域に財宝が埋まっているという話だ。

It is said that treasure is buried in this area.

Tatoeba #222278

会場は立すいの余地もないほどに聴衆で埋まっていた。

The hall was filled with such a large audience that there wasn't even standing room.

Tatoeba #185219

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

Conjugation of 埋まる

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	埋まる	うまる umaru
Polite (~masu)	埋まります	うまります umarimasu
Negative	埋まらない	うまらない umaranai
Polite negative	埋まりません	うまりません umarimasen
Past	埋まった	うまった umatta
Polite past	埋まりました	うまりました umarimashita
Negative past	埋まらなかった	うまらなかった umaranakatta
Te-form	埋まって	うまって umatte
Potential	埋まれる	うまれる umareru
Passive	埋まられる	うまられる umarareru
Causative	埋まらせる	うまらせる umaraseru
Volitional	埋まろう	うまろう umarou
Imperative	埋まれ	うまれ umare
Conditional (~ba)	埋まれば	うまれば umareba

Kanji in 埋まる

埋

bury, be filled up, embeddedマイ・う.める・う.まる · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 埋まる.

埋めるうめるto bury (e.g. in the ground)埋蔵まいぞうburying in the ground埋めるうずめるto cover埋め込むうめこむto bury

Source: JMdict entry 1584340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.