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葬る[ほうむる] (houmuru)

to bury, to inter, to entomb, to consign to oblivion, to shelve

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 3
  • #13189 most frequent

Meaning

葬る (ほうむる, houmuru) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to bury, to inter, to entomb, to consign to oblivion, to shelve”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

その詐欺さぎ事件じけんは闇やみに葬ほうむられた

The fraud case was hushed up.

野田山に葬る。

She was buried in the ground on Mount Noda.

博多の東林寺に葬る。

His grave is located at Torin-ji temple in Hakata.

「仍りて桃原墓に葬る。」

Therefore, he was buried in Momohara grave.'

Conjugation table

葬る (ほうむる) is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary葬る ほうむるhoumuru
Negative葬らない ほうむらないhoumuranai
Past葬った ほうむったhoumutta
Past negative葬らなかった ほうむらなかったhoumuranakatta
Polite (ます)葬ります ほうむりますhoumurimasu
Polite negative葬りません ほうむりませんhoumurimasen
Polite past葬りました ほうむりましたhoumurimashita
Polite past negative葬りませんでした ほうむりませんでしたhoumurimasendeshita
Te-form葬って ほうむってhoumutte
Conditional (ば)葬れば ほうむればhoumureba
Conditional (たら)葬ったら ほうむったらhoumuttara
Potential葬れる ほうむれるhoumureru
Passive葬られる ほうむられるhoumurareru
Causative葬らせる ほうむらせるhoumuraseru
Causative-passive葬らせられる ほうむらせられるhoumuraserareru
Volitional葬ろう ほうむろうhoumurou
Volitional polite葬りましょう ほうむりましょうhoumurimashou
Imperative葬れ ほうむれhoumure
Desire (たい)葬りたい ほうむりたいhoumuritai

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