耽る (fukeru)
耽る (ふける, fukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to indulge in; to give oneself up to”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふける
- Romaji
- fukeru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in · godan verb, auxiliary verb · usually written in kana
Example sentences
したがって、あなたはお金を自由に使う楽しみにふけることはできない。
Thus you cannot indulge in the pleasure of spending money freely.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 耽る
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 | 耽る | ふける fukeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 耽ります | ふけります fukerimasu |
| Negative | 耽らない | ふけらない fukeranai |
| Polite negative | 耽りません | ふけりません fukerimasen |
| Past | 耽った | ふけった fuketta |
| Polite past | 耽りました | ふけりました fukerimashita |
| Negative past | 耽らなかった | ふけらなかった fukeranakatta |
| Te-form | 耽って | ふけって fukette |
| Potential | 耽れる | ふけれる fukereru |
| Passive | 耽られる | ふけられる fukerareru |
| Causative | 耽らせる | ふけらせる fukeraseru |
| Volitional | 耽ろう | ふけろう fukerou |
| Imperative | 耽れ | ふけれ fukere |
| Conditional (~ba) | 耽れば | ふければ fukereba |
Kanji in 耽る
Source: JMdict entry 1419010 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.