張る
はる · haru
To stick, to paste, to affix
- to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten, to put up (e.g. a tent)
- to form (e.g. ice on a pond)
- to fill, to swell
- to be prominently ..., to be persistently ...
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Example sentences
テントを張る場所は、なるべく平らで水はけの良いところを選びましょう。
てんとをはるばしょは、なるべくたいらでみずはけのよいところをえらびましょう。
For the place to pitch the tent, let's choose a spot that is as flat as possible and has good drainage.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 張りますはります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 張りませんはりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 張りましたはりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 張りませんでしたはりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 張りましょうはりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 張りはり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 張りたいはりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 張りながらはりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 張ってはって |
| Plain past (た形) | 張ったはった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 張ったらはったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 張っているはっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 張らないはらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 張らなかったはらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 張らなくてはらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 張れるはれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 張ればはれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 張れはれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 張ろうはろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 張られるはられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 張らせるはらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 張らされるはらされる |
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What does 張る mean?
To stick, to paste, to affix. It can also mean: to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten, to put up (e.g. a tent); to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill, to swell.
How do you pronounce 張る?
はる (haru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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