I Love Kanji配る (kubaru)
配る (くばる, kubaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to distribute; to hand out”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くばる
- Romaji
- kubaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to deal out; to serve out · godan verb, transitive
- to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.); to station · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 配る
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 | 配る | くばる kubaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 配ります | くばります kubarimasu |
| Negative | 配らない | くばらない kubaranai |
| Polite negative | 配りません | くばりません kubarimasen |
| Past | 配った | くばった kubatta |
| Polite past | 配りました | くばりました kubarimashita |
| Negative past | 配らなかった | くばらなかった kubaranakatta |
| Te-form | 配って | くばって kubatte |
| Potential | 配れる | くばれる kubareru |
| Passive | 配られる | くばられる kubarareru |
| Causative | 配らせる | くばらせる kubaraseru |
| Volitional | 配ろう | くばろう kubarou |
| Imperative | 配れ | くばれ kubare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 配れば | くばれば kubareba |
Kanji in 配る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 配る.
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Source: JMdict entry 1472990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.