燻る
いぶる · kusuburu
To smoke, to smoulder, to smolder, to sputter
- to be sooty, to be smoke-stained
- to smoulder (e.g. a dispute), to smolder
- to seclude oneself
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 燻りますいぶります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 燻りませんいぶりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 燻りましたいぶりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 燻りませんでしたいぶりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 燻りましょういぶりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 燻りいぶり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 燻りたいいぶりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 燻りながらいぶりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 燻っていぶって |
| Plain past (た形) | 燻ったいぶった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 燻ったらいぶったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 燻っているいぶっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 燻らないいぶらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 燻らなかったいぶらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 燻らなくていぶらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 燻れるいぶれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 燻ればいぶれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 燻れいぶれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 燻ろういぶろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 燻られるいぶられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 燻らせるいぶらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 燻らされるいぶらされる |
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Questions
What does 燻る mean?
To smoke, to smoulder, to smolder, to sputter. It can also mean: to be sooty, to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute), to smolder; to seclude oneself.
How do you pronounce 燻る?
いぶる (kusuburu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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