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ぶん

bun

JLPT N2 verb 未然形

is the negative 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 ぶん

Negative stem (). Never used alone — it is the base for ない (not), れる/られる (passive), せる/させる (causative): 書か → 書かない.

This spelling is the version with ん (sound change before で/だ): 読ん → 読んで.

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

I bake bread in the oven.

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This fish is better baked in the oven.

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Preheat the oven to 200 degrees beforehand.

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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
negative stem of ぶる