投げる (nageru)
投げる (なげる, nageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to throw; to hurl”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なげる
- Romaji
- nageru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast · ichidan verb, transitive
- to give up; to abandon; to throw away · ichidan verb, transitive
- to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 投げる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 投げる | なげる nageru |
| Polite (~masu) | 投げます | なげます nagemasu |
| Negative | 投げない | なげない nagenai |
| Polite negative | 投げません | なげません nagemasen |
| Past | 投げた | なげた nageta |
| Polite past | 投げました | なげました nagemashita |
| Negative past | 投げなかった | なげなかった nagenakatta |
| Te-form | 投げて | なげて nagete |
| Potential | 投げられる | なげられる nagerareru |
| Passive | 投げられる | なげられる nagerareru |
| Causative | 投げさせる | なげさせる nagesaseru |
| Volitional | 投げよう | なげよう nageyou |
| Imperative | 投げろ | なげろ nagero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 投げれば | なげれば nagereba |
Kanji in 投げる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 投げる.
Source: JMdict entry 1447000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.