JLPT N3 · Verb

慌てる (awateru)

慌てる (あわてる, awateru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あわてる
Romaji: awateru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic · ichidan verb, intransitive
to hurry; to rush; to hasten · ichidan verb, intransitive · usu. 慌てて

Example sentences

その質問で彼はすっかりあわてた。

The question threw him off his balance.

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

Conjugation of 慌てる

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	慌てる	あわてる awateru
Polite (~masu)	慌てます	あわてます awatemasu
Negative	慌てない	あわてない awatenai
Polite negative	慌てません	あわてません awatemasen
Past	慌てた	あわてた awateta
Polite past	慌てました	あわてました awatemashita
Negative past	慌てなかった	あわてなかった awatenakatta
Te-form	慌てて	あわてて awatete
Potential	慌てられる	あわてられる awaterareru
Passive	慌てられる	あわてられる awaterareru
Causative	慌てさせる	あわてさせる awatesaseru
Volitional	慌てよう	あわてよう awateyou
Imperative	慌てろ	あわてろ awatero
Conditional (~ba)	慌てれば	あわてれば awatereba

Kanji in 慌てる

慌

disconcerted, be confused, lose one's headコウ・あわ.てる・あわ.ただしい · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 慌てる.

慌ただしいあわただしいbusy

Source: JMdict entry 1278830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.