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JLPT N4 · Verb

投げる (nageru)

投げる (なげる, nageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to throw; to hurl”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なげる
Romaji
nageru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to give up; to abandon; to throw away · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

その子は犬に石を投げた。
That child threw a stone at the dog.
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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 投げる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary投げるなげる nageru
Polite (~masu)投げますなげます nagemasu
Negative投げないなげない nagenai
Polite negative投げませんなげません nagemasen
Past投げたなげた nageta
Polite past投げましたなげました nagemashita
Negative past投げなかったなげなかった nagenakatta
Te-form投げてなげて nagete
Potential投げられるなげられる nagerareru
Passive投げられるなげられる nagerareru
Causative投げさせるなげさせる nagesaseru
Volitional投げようなげよう nageyou
Imperative投げろなげろ nagero
Conditional (~ba)投げればなげれば nagereba

Kanji in 投げる

投
throw, discard, abandonトウ・な.げる・-な.げ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 投げる.

投票とうひょうvoting投書とうしょletter (e.g. of complaint)投入とうにゅうthrowing in投資とうしinvestment投げ出すなげだすto throw down

Source: JMdict entry 1447000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.