I Love Kanji溜まる (tamaru)
溜まる (たまる, tamaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to collect; to gather”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たまる
- Romaji
- tamaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 溜まる
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 | 溜まる | たまる tamaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 溜まります | たまります tamarimasu |
| Negative | 溜まらない | たまらない tamaranai |
| Polite negative | 溜まりません | たまりません tamarimasen |
| Past | 溜まった | たまった tamatta |
| Polite past | 溜まりました | たまりました tamarimashita |
| Negative past | 溜まらなかった | たまらなかった tamaranakatta |
| Te-form | 溜まって | たまって tamatte |
| Potential | 溜まれる | たまれる tamareru |
| Passive | 溜まられる | たまられる tamarareru |
| Causative | 溜まらせる | たまらせる tamaraseru |
| Volitional | 溜まろう | たまろう tamarou |
| Imperative | 溜まれ | たまれ tamare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 溜まれば | たまれば tamareba |
Kanji in 溜まる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 溜まる.
Source: JMdict entry 1552650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.