蹴る
ける · keru
To kick
- to refuse, to reject
- to stamp (on the ground), to firmly press one's feet (against something)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 蹴りますけります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 蹴りませんけりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 蹴りましたけりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 蹴りませんでしたけりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 蹴りましょうけりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 蹴りけり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 蹴りたいけりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 蹴りながらけりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 蹴ってけって |
| Plain past (た形) | 蹴ったけった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 蹴ったらけったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 蹴っているけっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 蹴らないけらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 蹴らなかったけらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 蹴らなくてけらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 蹴れるけれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 蹴ればければ |
| Imperative (命令形) | 蹴れけれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 蹴ろうけろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 蹴られるけられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 蹴らせるけらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 蹴らされるけらされる |
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What does 蹴る mean?
To kick. It can also mean: to refuse, to reject; to stamp (on the ground), to firmly press one's feet (against something).
How do you pronounce 蹴る?
ける (keru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 蹴る?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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