ぼる
boru
To ask a high price, to overcharge
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | ぼります |
| Polite negative (ません) | ぼりません |
| Polite past (ました) | ぼりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | ぼりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | ぼりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | ぼり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | ぼりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | ぼりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | ぼって |
| Plain past (た形) | ぼった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | ぼったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | ぼっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | ぼらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | ぼらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | ぼらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | ぼれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | ぼれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | ぼれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | ぼろう |
| Passive (受身形) | ぼられる |
| Causative (使役形) | ぼらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | ぼらされる |
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Questions
What does ぼる mean?
To ask a high price, to overcharge.
How do you pronounce ぼる?
ぼる (boru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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