I Love Kanji凍る (kooru)
凍る (こおる, kooru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to freeze; to become frozen”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こおる
- Romaji
- kooru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 凍る
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 | 凍る | こおる kooru |
| Polite (~masu) | 凍ります | こおります koorimasu |
| Negative | 凍らない | こおらない kooranai |
| Polite negative | 凍りません | こおりません koorimasen |
| Past | 凍った | こおった kootta |
| Polite past | 凍りました | こおりました koorimashita |
| Negative past | 凍らなかった | こおらなかった kooranakatta |
| Te-form | 凍って | こおって kootte |
| Potential | 凍れる | こおれる kooreru |
| Passive | 凍られる | こおられる koorareru |
| Causative | 凍らせる | こおらせる kooraseru |
| Volitional | 凍ろう | こおろう koorou |
| Imperative | 凍れ | こおれ koore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 凍れば | こおれば kooreba |
Kanji in 凍る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 凍る.
Source: JMdict entry 1593100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.