JLPT N1 · Verb

垂れる (tareru)

垂れる (たれる, tareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hang; to droop”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たれる
Romaji: tareru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower · ichidan verb, intransitive
to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to grant; to bestow · ichidan verb, transitive
to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop · ichidan verb, intransitive
to leave behind (at death) · ichidan verb, transitive
to say; to utter · ichidan verb, transitive · derogatory

Example sentences

彼の左目に髪がたれていた。

A wisp of hair fell over his left eye.

Tatoeba #117325

濡れたタオルから滴が垂れている。

Water is dripping from the wet towel.

Tatoeba #198656

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

Conjugation of 垂れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	垂れる	たれる tareru
Polite (~masu)	垂れます	たれます taremasu
Negative	垂れない	たれない tarenai
Polite negative	垂れません	たれません taremasen
Past	垂れた	たれた tareta
Polite past	垂れました	たれました taremashita
Negative past	垂れなかった	たれなかった tarenakatta
Te-form	垂れて	たれて tarete
Potential	垂れられる	たれられる tarerareru
Passive	垂れられる	たれられる tarerareru
Causative	垂れさせる	たれさせる taresaseru
Volitional	垂れよう	たれよう tareyou
Imperative	垂れろ	たれろ tarero
Conditional (~ba)	垂れれば	たれれば tarereba

Kanji in 垂れる

垂

droop, suspend, hangスイ・た.れる・た.らす · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 垂れる.

垂直すいちょくvertical

Source: JMdict entry 1370870 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.