I Love Kanji降る (furu)
降る (ふる, furu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふる
- Romaji
- furu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down · godan verb, intransitive
- to form (of frost) · godan verb, intransitive
- to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in · godan verb, intransitive
- to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.); to come; to arrive · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 降る
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 | 降る | ふる furu |
| Polite (~masu) | 降ります | ふります furimasu |
| Negative | 降らない | ふらない furanai |
| Polite negative | 降りません | ふりません furimasen |
| Past | 降った | ふった futta |
| Polite past | 降りました | ふりました furimashita |
| Negative past | 降らなかった | ふらなかった furanakatta |
| Te-form | 降って | ふって futte |
| Potential | 降れる | ふれる fureru |
| Passive | 降られる | ふられる furareru |
| Causative | 降らせる | ふらせる furaseru |
| Volitional | 降ろう | ふろう furou |
| Imperative | 降れ | ふれ fure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 降れば | ふれば fureba |
Kanji in 降る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 降る.
降りるおりるto descend (e.g. a mountain)降伏こうふくsurrender降ろすおろすto take down以降いこうon and after下降かこうdescent降水こうすいrainfall
Source: JMdict entry 1282790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.