灯る
ともる · tomoru
To be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb), to be lighted, to be burning
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 灯りますともります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 灯りませんともりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 灯りましたともりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 灯りませんでしたともりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 灯りましょうともりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 灯りともり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 灯りたいともりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 灯りながらともりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 灯ってともって |
| Plain past (た形) | 灯ったともった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 灯ったらともったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 灯っているともっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 灯らないともらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 灯らなかったともらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 灯らなくてともらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 灯れるともれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 灯ればともれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 灯れともれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 灯ろうともろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 灯られるともられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 灯らせるともらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 灯らされるともらされる |
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What does 灯る mean?
To be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb), to be lighted, to be burning.
How do you pronounce 灯る?
ともる (tomoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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