I Love Kanji送る (okuru)
送る (おくる, okuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to send; to dispatch”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おくる
- Romaji
- okuru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship · godan verb, transitive
- to see (someone) off; to escort; to accompany; to take · godan verb, transitive
- to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to bury · godan verb, transitive
- to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live · godan verb, transitive
- to pass (on, along); to advance (a runner) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 送る
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 | 送る | おくる okuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 送ります | おくります okurimasu |
| Negative | 送らない | おくらない okuranai |
| Polite negative | 送りません | おくりません okurimasen |
| Past | 送った | おくった okutta |
| Polite past | 送りました | おくりました okurimashita |
| Negative past | 送らなかった | おくらなかった okuranakatta |
| Te-form | 送って | おくって okutte |
| Potential | 送れる | おくれる okureru |
| Passive | 送られる | おくられる okurareru |
| Causative | 送らせる | おくらせる okuraseru |
| Volitional | 送ろう | おくろう okurou |
| Imperative | 送れ | おくれ okure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 送れば | おくれば okureba |
Kanji in 送る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 送る.
放送ほうそうbroadcasting見送りみおくりseeing (someone) off送別そうべつfarewell送料そうりょうpostage郵送ゆうそうmailing輸送ゆそうtransport見送るみおくるto see (someone) off送り仮名おくりがなkana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word運送うんそうtransport回送かいそうforwarding送金そうきんremittance
Source: JMdict entry 1402730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.