I Love Kanjiもたれる (motareru)
もたれる is a Japanese verb meaning “to lean against; to lean on”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- もたれる
- Romaji
- motareru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to lean against; to lean on; to recline on · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of もたれる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | もたれる | もたれる motareru |
| Polite (~masu) | もたれます | もたれます motaremasu |
| Negative | もたれない | もたれない motarenai |
| Polite negative | もたれません | もたれません motaremasen |
| Past | もたれた | もたれた motareta |
| Polite past | もたれました | もたれました motaremashita |
| Negative past | もたれなかった | もたれなかった motarenakatta |
| Te-form | もたれて | もたれて motarete |
| Potential | もたれられる | もたれられる motarerareru |
| Passive | もたれられる | もたれられる motarerareru |
| Causative | もたれさせる | もたれさせる motaresaseru |
| Volitional | もたれよう | もたれよう motareyou |
| Imperative | もたれろ | もたれろ motarero |
| Conditional (~ba) | もたれれば | もたれれば motarereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1564380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.