I Love Kanji太る (futoru)
太る (ふとる, futoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to put on weight; to gain weight”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふとる
- Romaji
- futoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 太る
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 | 太る | ふとる futoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 太ります | ふとります futorimasu |
| Negative | 太らない | ふとらない futoranai |
| Polite negative | 太りません | ふとりません futorimasen |
| Past | 太った | ふとった futotta |
| Polite past | 太りました | ふとりました futorimashita |
| Negative past | 太らなかった | ふとらなかった futoranakatta |
| Te-form | 太って | ふとって futotte |
| Potential | 太れる | ふとれる futoreru |
| Passive | 太られる | ふとられる futorareru |
| Causative | 太らせる | ふとらせる futoraseru |
| Volitional | 太ろう | ふとろう futorou |
| Imperative | 太れ | ふとれ futore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 太れば | ふとれば futoreba |
Kanji in 太る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 太る.
Source: JMdict entry 1408220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.