JLPT N2 · Verb

配る (kubaru)

配る (くばる, kubaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to distribute; to hand out”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
くばる
Romaji
kubaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to deal out; to serve out · godan verb, transitive
  2. to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.); to station · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

サーカスで、商品としておもちゃを配っている。
Circuses offer toys for prizes.

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

Conjugation of 配る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary配るくばる kubaru
Polite (~masu)配りますくばります kubarimasu
Negative配らないくばらない kubaranai
Polite negative配りませんくばりません kubarimasen
Past配ったくばった kubatta
Polite past配りましたくばりました kubarimashita
Negative past配らなかったくばらなかった kubaranakatta
Te-form配ってくばって kubatte
Potential配れるくばれる kubareru
Passive配られるくばられる kubarareru
Causative配らせるくばらせる kubaraseru
Volitional配ろうくばろう kubarou
Imperative配れくばれ kubare
Conditional (~ba)配ればくばれば kubareba

Kanji in 配る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 配る.

Source: JMdict entry 1472990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.