I Love Kanji流行る (hayaru)
流行る (はやる, hayaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be popular; to come into fashion”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はやる
- Romaji
- hayaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be popular; to come into fashion · godan verb, intransitive
- to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to be endemic · godan verb, intransitive
- to flourish; to thrive · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 流行る
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 | 流行る | はやる hayaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 流行ります | はやります hayarimasu |
| Negative | 流行らない | はやらない hayaranai |
| Polite negative | 流行りません | はやりません hayarimasen |
| Past | 流行った | はやった hayatta |
| Polite past | 流行りました | はやりました hayarimashita |
| Negative past | 流行らなかった | はやらなかった hayaranakatta |
| Te-form | 流行って | はやって hayatte |
| Potential | 流行れる | はやれる hayareru |
| Passive | 流行られる | はやられる hayarareru |
| Causative | 流行らせる | はやらせる hayaraseru |
| Volitional | 流行ろう | はやろう hayarou |
| Imperative | 流行れ | はやれ hayare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 流行れば | はやれば hayareba |
Kanji in 流行る
流
current, a sink, flowリュウ・ル・なが.れる・なが.れ · 10 strokes行
going, journey, carry outコウ・ギョウ・い.く・ゆ.く · 6 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 流行る.
流行りゅうこうfashion流すながすto drain流れながれflow (of a fluid or gas)流れるながれるto stream流りゅうway一流いちりゅうfirst-class交流こうりゅうexchange (e.g. cultural)合流ごうりゅうconfluence (of rivers)流石さすがas one would expect電流でんりゅうelectric current流域りゅういきdrainage basin直流ちょくりゅうdirect current流しながしsink (e.g. in a kitchen)海流かいりゅうocean current
Source: JMdict entry 1552310 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.