I Love Kanji障る (sawaru)
障る (さわる, sawaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be harmful to; to hinder”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- さわる
- Romaji
- sawaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 障る
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 | 障る | さわる sawaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 障ります | さわります sawarimasu |
| Negative | 障らない | さわらない sawaranai |
| Polite negative | 障りません | さわりません sawarimasen |
| Past | 障った | さわった sawatta |
| Polite past | 障りました | さわりました sawarimashita |
| Negative past | 障らなかった | さわらなかった sawaranakatta |
| Te-form | 障って | さわって sawatte |
| Potential | 障れる | さわれる sawareru |
| Passive | 障られる | さわられる sawarareru |
| Causative | 障らせる | さわらせる sawaraseru |
| Volitional | 障ろう | さわろう sawarou |
| Imperative | 障れ | さわれ saware |
| Conditional (~ba) | 障れば | さわれば sawareba |
Kanji in 障る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 障る.
Source: JMdict entry 1352050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.