反る
そる · soru
To warp, to curve, to arch, to bend
- to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 反りますそります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 反りませんそりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 反りましたそりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 反りませんでしたそりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 反りましょうそりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 反りそり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 反りたいそりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 反りながらそりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 反ってそって |
| Plain past (た形) | 反ったそった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 反ったらそったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 反っているそっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 反らないそらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 反らなかったそらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 反らなくてそらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 反れるそれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 反ればそれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 反れそれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 反ろうそろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 反られるそられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 反らせるそらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 反らされるそらされる |
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What does 反る mean?
To warp, to curve, to arch, to bend. It can also mean: to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers).
How do you pronounce 反る?
そる (soru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 反る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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