I Love Kanjiこぼれる (koboreru)
こぼれる is a Japanese verb meaning “to spill; to fall out of”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こぼれる
- Romaji
- koboreru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to spill; to fall out of; to overflow · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to peek through; to become visible (although normally not) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.) · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of こぼれる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | こぼれる | こぼれる koboreru |
| Polite (~masu) | こぼれます | こぼれます koboremasu |
| Negative | こぼれない | こぼれない koborenai |
| Polite negative | こぼれません | こぼれません koboremasen |
| Past | こぼれた | こぼれた koboreta |
| Polite past | こぼれました | こぼれました koboremashita |
| Negative past | こぼれなかった | こぼれなかった koborenakatta |
| Te-form | こぼれて | こぼれて koborete |
| Potential | こぼれられる | こぼれられる koborerareru |
| Passive | こぼれられる | こぼれられる koborerareru |
| Causative | こぼれさせる | こぼれさせる koboresaseru |
| Volitional | こぼれよう | こぼれよう koboreyou |
| Imperative | こぼれろ | こぼれろ koborero |
| Conditional (~ba) | こぼれれば | こぼれれば koborereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1557650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.