I Love Kanji運ぶ (hakobu)
運ぶ (はこぶ, hakobu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to carry; to transport”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はこぶ
- Romaji
- hakobu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to carry; to transport; to move; to convey · godan verb, transitive
- to come; to go · godan verb, transitive · honorific · as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc.
- to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move · godan verb, transitive
- to carry out; to proceed with; to arrange · godan verb, transitive
- to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 運ぶ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 運ぶ | はこぶ hakobu |
| Polite (~masu) | 運びます | はこびます hakobimasu |
| Negative | 運ばない | はこばない hakobanai |
| Polite negative | 運びません | はこびません hakobimasen |
| Past | 運んだ | はこんだ hakonda |
| Polite past | 運びました | はこびました hakobimashita |
| Negative past | 運ばなかった | はこばなかった hakobanakatta |
| Te-form | 運んで | はこんで hakonde |
| Potential | 運べる | はこべる hakoberu |
| Passive | 運ばれる | はこばれる hakobareru |
| Causative | 運ばせる | はこばせる hakobaseru |
| Volitional | 運ぼう | はこぼう hakobou |
| Imperative | 運べ | はこべ hakobe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 運べば | はこべば hakobeba |
Kanji in 運ぶ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 運ぶ.
運動うんどうexercise運転うんてんoperation (of a machine)運転手うんてんしゅdriver運うんfortune幸運こううんgood luck運河うんが(navigable) canal不運ふうんmisfortune運営うんえいmanagement運送うんそうtransport運賃うんちん(passenger) fare運搬うんぱんtransport運命うんめいfate運輸うんゆtransportation運用うんようmaking use of
Source: JMdict entry 1172660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.