Nihoner

ぶっ

bu

JLPT N2 verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of ぶる — to wave, to shake, to swing.

  • to sprinkle, to throw (dice)
  • to cast (actor), to allocate (work)
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How it’s built

ぶる ぶっ

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with a small っ (sound change before て/た): 待っ → 待って.

ぶる is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite ぶります
Polite negative ぶりません
Polite past ぶりました
Polite past negative ぶりませんでした
Let us ~ ぶりましょう
Masu-stem ぶり
Want to ~ ぶりたい
While ~ing ぶりながら
Te-form ぶって
Plain past ぶった
Tara-conditional ぶったら
Progressive ぶっている
Plain negative ぶらない
Plain past negative ぶらなかった
Negative te-form ぶらなくて
Potential ぶれる
Ba-conditional ぶれば
Imperative ぶれ
Volitional ぶろう
Passive ぶられる
Causative ぶらせる
Causative-passive ぶらされる

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In real sentences

It's effective to use toothpaste containing fluoride.

Nihoner sentence bank

To be honest, I don't know.

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I'll punch your lights out!

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Other forms and spellings

ふるフルふれぶれふりゃぶりゃふろぶろふろうふろっふろふぶろうぶろっぶろふふらぶら
masu-stem of ぶる