JLPT N1 · Verb

膨れる (fukureru)

膨れる (ふくれる, fukureru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to swell (out); to expand”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ふくれる
Romaji
fukureru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to get cross; to get sulky; to pout · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

たくさん食べたので腹が膨れた。
I've had enough, so my stomach is full.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 膨れる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary膨れるふくれる fukureru
Polite (~masu)膨れますふくれます fukuremasu
Negative膨れないふくれない fukurenai
Polite negative膨れませんふくれません fukuremasen
Past膨れたふくれた fukureta
Polite past膨れましたふくれました fukuremashita
Negative past膨れなかったふくれなかった fukurenakatta
Te-form膨れてふくれて fukurete
Potential膨れられるふくれられる fukurerareru
Passive膨れられるふくれられる fukurerareru
Causative膨れさせるふくれさせる fukuresaseru
Volitional膨れようふくれよう fukureyou
Imperative膨れろふくれろ fukurero
Conditional (~ba)膨れればふくれれば fukurereba

Kanji in 膨れる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 膨れる.

Source: JMdict entry 1602550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.