降る
ふる · furu
To fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down
- to form (of frost)
- to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in
- to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive
Other ways to say “to fall” in Japanese →
high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?
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雪が降るから、傘を持って行って。
ゆきがふるから、かさをもっていって。
Since it's going to snow, take an umbrella.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 降りますふります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 降りませんふりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 降りましたふりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 降りませんでしたふりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 降りましょうふりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 降りふり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 降りたいふりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 降りながらふりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 降ってふって |
| Plain past (た形) | 降ったふった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 降ったらふったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 降っているふっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 降らないふらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 降らなかったふらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 降らなくてふらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 降れるふれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 降ればふれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 降れふれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 降ろうふろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 降られるふられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 降らせるふらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 降らされるふらされる |
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What does 降る mean?
To fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down. It can also mean: to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive.
How do you pronounce 降る?
ふる (furu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 降る?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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