JLPT N2 · Verb

尖る (togaru)

尖る (とがる, togaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to taper to a point; to become pointed”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とがる
Romaji
togaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to be on edge; to be nervous; to be irritable; to be touchy · godan verb, intransitive
  3. to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh; to be angry; to look displeased; to look sour · godan verb, intransitive
  4. to be provocative; to be radical; to be rebellious · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

この棒は先がとがっている。
This pole is sharp at the end.
彼はとがった声を出した。
He cried in an angry voice.
彼女の物の言い方は私の神経をとがらせる。
Her manner of speaking gets on my nerves.

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

Conjugation of 尖る

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary尖るとがる togaru
Polite (~masu)尖りますとがります togarimasu
Negative尖らないとがらない togaranai
Polite negative尖りませんとがりません togarimasen
Past尖ったとがった togatta
Polite past尖りましたとがりました togarimashita
Negative past尖らなかったとがらなかった togaranakatta
Te-form尖ってとがって togatte
Potential尖れるとがれる togareru
Passive尖られるとがられる togarareru
Causative尖らせるとがらせる togaraseru
Volitional尖ろうとがろう togarou
Imperative尖れとがれ togare
Conditional (~ba)尖ればとがれば togareba

Kanji in 尖る

Source: JMdict entry 1389970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.