I Love Kanji綻びる (hokorobiru)
綻びる (ほころびる, hokorobiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to come apart at the seams; to be ripped”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほころびる
- Romaji
- hokorobiru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to begin to open; to begin to bloom · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to smile broadly; to break into a smile · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 綻びる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 綻びる | ほころびる hokorobiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 綻びます | ほころびます hokorobimasu |
| Negative | 綻びない | ほころびない hokorobinai |
| Polite negative | 綻びません | ほころびません hokorobimasen |
| Past | 綻びた | ほころびた hokorobita |
| Polite past | 綻びました | ほころびました hokorobimashita |
| Negative past | 綻びなかった | ほころびなかった hokorobinakatta |
| Te-form | 綻びて | ほころびて hokorobite |
| Potential | 綻びられる | ほころびられる hokorobirareru |
| Passive | 綻びられる | ほころびられる hokorobirareru |
| Causative | 綻びさせる | ほころびさせる hokorobisaseru |
| Volitional | 綻びよう | ほころびよう hokorobiyou |
| Imperative | 綻びろ | ほころびろ hokorobiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 綻びれば | ほころびれば hokorobireba |
Kanji in 綻びる
Source: JMdict entry 1419000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.