I Love Kanji釣る (tsuru)
釣る (つる, tsuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fish; to angle”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つる
- Romaji
- tsuru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fish; to angle; to catch · godan verb, transitive
- to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 釣る
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 | 釣る | つる tsuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 釣ります | つります tsurimasu |
| Negative | 釣らない | つらない tsuranai |
| Polite negative | 釣りません | つりません tsurimasen |
| Past | 釣った | つった tsutta |
| Polite past | 釣りました | つりました tsurimashita |
| Negative past | 釣らなかった | つらなかった tsuranakatta |
| Te-form | 釣って | つって tsutte |
| Potential | 釣れる | つれる tsureru |
| Passive | 釣られる | つられる tsurareru |
| Causative | 釣らせる | つらせる tsuraseru |
| Volitional | 釣ろう | つろう tsurou |
| Imperative | 釣れ | つれ tsure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 釣れば | つれば tsureba |
Kanji in 釣る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 釣る.
Source: JMdict entry 1434120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.