I Love Kanji塗る (nuru)
塗る (ぬる, nuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to paint; to spread”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ぬる
- Romaji
- nuru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 塗る
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 | 塗る | ぬる nuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 塗ります | ぬります nurimasu |
| Negative | 塗らない | ぬらない nuranai |
| Polite negative | 塗りません | ぬりません nurimasen |
| Past | 塗った | ぬった nutta |
| Polite past | 塗りました | ぬりました nurimashita |
| Negative past | 塗らなかった | ぬらなかった nuranakatta |
| Te-form | 塗って | ぬって nutte |
| Potential | 塗れる | ぬれる nureru |
| Passive | 塗られる | ぬられる nurareru |
| Causative | 塗らせる | ぬらせる nuraseru |
| Volitional | 塗ろう | ぬろう nurou |
| Imperative | 塗れ | ぬれ nure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 塗れば | ぬれば nureba |
Kanji in 塗る
Source: JMdict entry 1444270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.