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表層形
捗ら
ハカドラ
動詞

捗ら (ハカドラ)

Hakadora · はかどら — to make (good) progress, to move right ahead (with the work), to advance

Other ways to say “to make progress” in Japanese →

捗ら in rōmaji: hakadora.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 捗る 🔤 五段-ラ行 📐 未然形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月2日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
捗ら
見出し語 (Lemma)
捗る
読み (Reading)
ハカドラ
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
五段-ラ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
未然形-一般
表記 (Orthography)
捗ら
読み・基本形
ハカドル
表記・基本形
捗る
見出し語の読み
ハカドル
How it's used

Used in negative or progressive contexts, often in work or study, to indicate that things are not going smoothly; colloquial in speech.

仕事がなかなか捗らなくて困っている。
Shigoto ga nakanaka hakadoranakute komatte iru.
I'm troubled because work isn't making much progress.

会議中に質問が多くて、話し合いが捗らなかった。
Kaigi-chuu ni shitsumon ga ookute, hanashiai ga hakadoranakatta.
During the meeting, there were many questions, so the discussion didn't advance well.

⚖️ Often confused with 進む (susumu), but 捗ら focuses on the smoothness or efficiency of progress, not just movement forward.

💡 English Meaning

捗ら means “to make (good) progress, to move right ahead (with the work), to advance” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

捗る (ハカドル) — main entry →

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Reading & Info
ハカドラ
Lemma: 捗る
動詞一般**
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
捗ります
て形 (Te-form)
捗って
過去形 (Past)
捗った
否定形 (Negative)
捗らない
意向形 (Volitional)
捗りましょう
可能形 (Potential)
捗れる
受身形 (Passive)
捗られる
使役形 (Causative)
捗らせる
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The surface form (捗ら) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (捗る) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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