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こぼれる (koboreru)

to overflow,to spill

  • JLPT N2
  • Ichidan verb
  • Pitch 3
  • #12783 most frequent

Meaning

こぼれる (koboreru) is a JLPT N2 verb meaning “to overflow,to spill”.

Example sentences 10

彼女かのじょの目めから涙なみだがこぼれた。

Tears rolled down from her eyes.

ミルクが煮にえこぼれた。

The milk boiled over.

ミルクは全部ぜんぶこぼれた。

All of the milk was spilled.

急きゅうに涙なみだがこぼれてきた。

I burst into tears.

Conjugation table

こぼれる is an ichidan verb (ru-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryこぼれるkoboreru
Negativeこぼれないkoborenai
Pastこぼれたkoboreta
Past negativeこぼれなかったkoborenakatta
Polite (ます)こぼれますkoboremasu
Polite negativeこぼれませんkoboremasen
Polite pastこぼれましたkoboremashita
Polite past negativeこぼれませんでしたkoboremasendeshita
Te-formこぼれてkoborete
Conditional (ば)こぼれればkoborereba
Conditional (たら)こぼれたらkoboretara
Potentialこぼれられるkoborerareru
Passiveこぼれられるkoborerareru
Causativeこぼれさせるkoboresaseru
Causative-passiveこぼれさせられるkoboresaserareru
Volitionalこぼれようkoboreyou
Volitional politeこぼれましょうkoboremashou
Imperativeこぼれろkoborero
Desire (たい)こぼれたいkoboretai

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