煙る
けむる · kemuru
To smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder
- to be hazy, to look dim
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 煙りますけむります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 煙りませんけむりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 煙りましたけむりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 煙りませんでしたけむりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 煙りましょうけむりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 煙りけむり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 煙りたいけむりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 煙りながらけむりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 煙ってけむって |
| Plain past (た形) | 煙ったけむった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 煙ったらけむったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 煙っているけむっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 煙らないけむらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 煙らなかったけむらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 煙らなくてけむらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 煙れるけむれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 煙ればけむれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 煙れけむれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 煙ろうけむろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 煙られるけむられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 煙らせるけむらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 煙らされるけむらされる |
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What does 煙る mean?
To smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder. It can also mean: to be hazy, to look dim.
How do you pronounce 煙る?
けむる (kemuru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 煙る?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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