JLPT N1 · Verb

葬る (houmuru)

葬る (ほうむる, houmuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to bury; to inter”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほうむる
Romaji: houmuru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to bury; to inter; to entomb · godan verb, transitive
to cover up; to hush up; to shelve · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

これがブレークの葬られている教会です。

This is the church where Blake is buried.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 葬る

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	葬る	ほうむる houmuru
Polite (~masu)	葬ります	ほうむります houmurimasu
Negative	葬らない	ほうむらない houmuranai
Polite negative	葬りません	ほうむりません houmurimasen
Past	葬った	ほうむった houmutta
Polite past	葬りました	ほうむりました houmurimashita
Negative past	葬らなかった	ほうむらなかった houmuranakatta
Te-form	葬って	ほうむって houmutte
Potential	葬れる	ほうむれる houmureru
Passive	葬られる	ほうむられる houmurareru
Causative	葬らせる	ほうむらせる houmuraseru
Volitional	葬ろう	ほうむろう houmurou
Imperative	葬れ	ほうむれ houmure
Conditional (~ba)	葬れば	ほうむれば houmureba

Kanji in 葬る

葬

interment, bury, shelveソウ・ほうむ.る · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 葬る.

葬式そうしきfuneral

Source: JMdict entry 1402130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.