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零れる

零れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S

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Verb

零れる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana こぼれる, romaji koboreru)

  1. spill
    • 1949, 岸田國士, 女人渇仰:
      ほら、ほら、ご飯粒 (はんつぶ)がぼろぼろこぼれてるわよ。
      Hora, hora, gohan tsubu ga boroboro koboreteru wa yo.
      Oh look now, you're spilling your rice.
  2. scatter
  3. roll (tears)
    • 1908, 徳田秋声, 新世帯:
       ()からはポロポロと (あつ) (なみだ) (こぼ)れた
      Me kara wa poroporo to atsui namida ga koboreta.
      Hot tears rolled down her cheeks.
  4. overflow
  5. escape

Conjugation