I Love Kanji捗る (hakadoru)
捗る (はかどる, hakadoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はかどる
- Romaji
- hakadoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 捗る
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 | 捗る | はかどる hakadoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 捗ります | はかどります hakadorimasu |
| Negative | 捗らない | はかどらない hakadoranai |
| Polite negative | 捗りません | はかどりません hakadorimasen |
| Past | 捗った | はかどった hakadotta |
| Polite past | 捗りました | はかどりました hakadorimashita |
| Negative past | 捗らなかった | はかどらなかった hakadoranakatta |
| Te-form | 捗って | はかどって hakadotte |
| Potential | 捗れる | はかどれる hakadoreru |
| Passive | 捗られる | はかどられる hakadorareru |
| Causative | 捗らせる | はかどらせる hakadoraseru |
| Volitional | 捗ろう | はかどろう hakadorou |
| Imperative | 捗れ | はかどれ hakadore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 捗れば | はかどれば hakadoreba |
Kanji in 捗る
Source: JMdict entry 1430570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.