I Love Kanji転がす (korogasu)
転がす (ころがす, korogasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to roll; to wheel”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ころがす
- Romaji
- korogasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to roll; to wheel; to trundle; to drive (a car) · godan verb, transitive
- to turn over; to tip over; to throw down · godan verb, transitive
- to leave · godan verb, transitive
- to buy and sell (quickly for a profit) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 転がす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 転がす | ころがす korogasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 転がします | ころがします korogashimasu |
| Negative | 転がさない | ころがさない korogasanai |
| Polite negative | 転がしません | ころがしません korogashimasen |
| Past | 転がした | ころがした korogashita |
| Polite past | 転がしました | ころがしました korogashimashita |
| Negative past | 転がさなかった | ころがさなかった korogasanakatta |
| Te-form | 転がして | ころがして korogashite |
| Potential | 転がせる | ころがせる korogaseru |
| Passive | 転がされる | ころがされる korogasareru |
| Causative | 転がさせる | ころがさせる korogasaseru |
| Volitional | 転がそう | ころがそう korogasou |
| Imperative | 転がせ | ころがせ korogase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 転がせば | ころがせば korogaseba |
Kanji in 転がす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 転がす.
自転車じてんしゃbicycle運転うんてんoperation (of a machine)運転手うんてんしゅdriver転ぶころぶto fall down転校てんこうchanging schools移転いてんmoving回転かいてんrotation転々てんてんmoving from place to place転がるころがるto roll逆転ぎゃくてんreversal (of a situation)転換てんかんconversion転居てんきょmoving転勤てんきんjob transfer転任てんにんchange of post
Source: JMdict entry 1440980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.