I Love Kanji転がる (korogaru)
転がる (ころがる, korogaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to roll; to tumble”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ころがる
- Romaji
- korogaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to roll; to tumble · godan verb, intransitive
- to fall over; to roll over · godan verb, intransitive
- to lie down · godan verb, intransitive
- to be scattered about; to be lying around · godan verb, intransitive
- (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 転がる
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 | 転がる | ころがる korogaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 転がります | ころがります korogarimasu |
| Negative | 転がらない | ころがらない korogaranai |
| Polite negative | 転がりません | ころがりません korogarimasen |
| Past | 転がった | ころがった korogatta |
| Polite past | 転がりました | ころがりました korogarimashita |
| Negative past | 転がらなかった | ころがらなかった korogaranakatta |
| Te-form | 転がって | ころがって korogatte |
| Potential | 転がれる | ころがれる korogareru |
| Passive | 転がられる | ころがられる korogarareru |
| Causative | 転がらせる | ころがらせる korogaraseru |
| Volitional | 転がろう | ころがろう korogarou |
| Imperative | 転がれ | ころがれ korogare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 転がれば | ころがれば korogareba |
Kanji in 転がる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 転がる.
自転車じてんしゃbicycle運転うんてんoperation (of a machine)運転手うんてんしゅdriver転ぶころぶto fall down転校てんこうchanging schools移転いてんmoving回転かいてんrotation転々てんてんmoving from place to place転がすころがすto roll逆転ぎゃくてんreversal (of a situation)転換てんかんconversion転居てんきょmoving転勤てんきんjob transfer転任てんにんchange of post
Source: JMdict entry 1441000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.