乗る
のる · noru
To get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.), to get in, to board, to take, to embark
- to get on (e.g. a footstool), to step on, to jump on, to sit on, to mount
- to reach, to go over, to pass
- to follow, to stay (on track), to go with (the times, etc.)
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Example sentences
私は電車に乗ると、すぐ眠くなります。
わたしはでんしゃにのるとなぐすくなります。
As soon as I get on the train, I get sleepy.
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私は電車に乗るまで、本を読んでいます。
わたしはでんしゃにのるまでほんをよんでいます。
I read a book until I get on the train.
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電車に乗ると座れます。
でんしゃにのるとすわれます。
If you get on the train, you can sit.
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エレベーターに乗ると、すぐにドアが閉まった。
えれべーたーにのると、すぐにどあがしまった。
As soon as I got on the elevator, the doors closed.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 乗りますのります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 乗りませんのりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 乗りましたのりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 乗りませんでしたのりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 乗りましょうのりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 乗りのり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 乗りたいのりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 乗りながらのりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 乗ってのって |
| Plain past (た形) | 乗ったのった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 乗ったらのったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 乗っているのっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 乗らないのらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 乗らなかったのらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 乗らなくてのらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 乗れるのれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 乗ればのれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 乗れのれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 乗ろうのろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 乗られるのられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 乗らせるのらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 乗らされるのらされる |
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What does 乗る mean?
To get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.), to get in, to board, to take, to embark. It can also mean: to get on (e.g. a footstool), to step on, to jump on, to sit on, to mount; to reach, to go over, to pass; to follow, to stay (on track), to go with (the times, etc.).
How do you pronounce 乗る?
のる (noru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 乗る?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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