JLPT N5 · Verb

乗る (noru)

乗る (のる, noru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: のる
Romaji: noru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark · godan verb, intransitive
to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount · godan verb, intransitive
to reach; to go over; to pass · godan verb, intransitive
to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
to take part; to participate; to join · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

１１時の列車に乗るつもりです。

I'm catching the 11:00 train.

Tatoeba #235972

そんなに沢山パンに乗るんか？

You really put that much in the sandwich?

Tatoeba #74092

「騙された」と言ってしまえばそれまでですが、「うまい話」に乗った当人であることは間違いありません。

If you say "I was tricked," well that's certainly so but there's no mistaking that you were the one who signed up on a "sweet deal".

Tatoeba #74024

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

Conjugation of 乗る

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	乗る	のる noru
Polite (~masu)	乗ります	のります norimasu
Negative	乗らない	のらない noranai
Polite negative	乗りません	のりません norimasen
Past	乗った	のった notta
Polite past	乗りました	のりました norimashita
Negative past	乗らなかった	のらなかった noranakatta
Te-form	乗って	のって notte
Potential	乗れる	のれる noreru
Passive	乗られる	のられる norareru
Causative	乗らせる	のらせる noraseru
Volitional	乗ろう	のろう norou
Imperative	乗れ	のれ nore
Conditional (~ba)	乗れば	のれば noreba

Kanji in 乗る

乗

ride, power, multiplicationジョウ・ショウ・の.る・-の.り · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 乗る.

乗り物のりものvehicle乗り換えるのりかえるto transfer (trains)乗客じょうきゃくpassenger乗せるのせるto place on (something)乗車じょうしゃboarding (a train, bus, etc.)乗換のりかえtransfer (trains, buses, etc.)乗り換えのりかえtransfer (trains, buses, etc.)乗り越しのりこしriding past (one's station)乗っ取るのっとるto take possession of (forcibly)乗り込むのりこむto board (a train, plane, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1355120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.