I Love Kanji煙る (kemuru)
煙る (けむる, kemuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- けむる
- Romaji
- kemuru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to smolder · godan verb, intransitive
- to be hazy; to look dim · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
タバコで煙った空気を部屋から出して、新鮮な空気を入れてちょうだい。
Let this smoky air out of the room and let some fresh air in.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 煙る
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 | 煙る | けむる kemuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 煙ります | けむります kemurimasu |
| Negative | 煙らない | けむらない kemuranai |
| Polite negative | 煙りません | けむりません kemurimasen |
| Past | 煙った | けむった kemutta |
| Polite past | 煙りました | けむりました kemurimashita |
| Negative past | 煙らなかった | けむらなかった kemuranakatta |
| Te-form | 煙って | けむって kemutte |
| Potential | 煙れる | けむれる kemureru |
| Passive | 煙られる | けむられる kemurareru |
| Causative | 煙らせる | けむらせる kemuraseru |
| Volitional | 煙ろう | けむろう kemurou |
| Imperative | 煙れ | けむれ kemure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 煙れば | けむれば kemureba |
Kanji in 煙る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 煙る.
Source: JMdict entry 1177220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.