I Love Kanji縛る (shibaru)
縛る (しばる, shibaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tie; to bind”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しばる
- Romaji
- shibaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to tie; to bind; to fasten · godan verb, transitive
- to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 縛る
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 | 縛る | しばる shibaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 縛ります | しばります shibarimasu |
| Negative | 縛らない | しばらない shibaranai |
| Polite negative | 縛りません | しばりません shibarimasen |
| Past | 縛った | しばった shibatta |
| Polite past | 縛りました | しばりました shibarimashita |
| Negative past | 縛らなかった | しばらなかった shibaranakatta |
| Te-form | 縛って | しばって shibatte |
| Potential | 縛れる | しばれる shibareru |
| Passive | 縛られる | しばられる shibarareru |
| Causative | 縛らせる | しばらせる shibaraseru |
| Volitional | 縛ろう | しばろう shibarou |
| Imperative | 縛れ | しばれ shibare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 縛れば | しばれば shibareba |
Kanji in 縛る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 縛る.
Source: JMdict entry 1476050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.