I Love Kanji彫る (horu)
彫る (ほる, horu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to carve; to engrave”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほる
- Romaji
- horu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to chisel · godan verb, transitive
- to tattoo · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 彫る
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 | 彫る | ほる horu |
| Polite (~masu) | 彫ります | ほります horimasu |
| Negative | 彫らない | ほらない horanai |
| Polite negative | 彫りません | ほりません horimasen |
| Past | 彫った | ほった hotta |
| Polite past | 彫りました | ほりました horimashita |
| Negative past | 彫らなかった | ほらなかった horanakatta |
| Te-form | 彫って | ほって hotte |
| Potential | 彫れる | ほれる horeru |
| Passive | 彫られる | ほられる horareru |
| Causative | 彫らせる | ほらせる horaseru |
| Volitional | 彫ろう | ほろう horou |
| Imperative | 彫れ | ほれ hore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 彫れば | ほれば horeba |
Kanji in 彫る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 彫る.
Source: JMdict entry 1427950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.