ばれる

Ultimate derivation unclear. Appears from the late 1600s.^[1]

Analyzable as the regular mediopassive / intransitive form of root verb ばる (baru),^[1][2][3] from which ばらす (barasu) derives as the regular causative / transitive. Compare similar verb paradigms with root verb 明く (aku), causative / transitive 明かす (akasu), mediopassive / intransitive 明ける (akeru), Old Japanese 出づ (idu) and modern causative / transitive 出す (dasu), mediopassive / intransitive 出る (deru), Old Japanese 生ゆ (hayu) and modern 生やす (hayasu) and 生える (haeru).

Cognate with ばらす (barasu, “to find something out; to mess something up, to put something in disarray”), ばらばら (barabara, “all messed up, in complete disarray”, adjective, adverb). The term ばらばら (barabara) actually appears earliest in texts, starting from the late 1500s, followed by ばれる (bareru) in the late 1600s and ばらす (barasu) in the early 1700s.^[1] This suggests the possibility that the adjective / adverb came first, with the verbs then deriving from that.

Possibly related to adjective あばら (abara).

• (Tokyo) ばれる (Nakadaka – )^[4]
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• (Kyoto) ばれる  (Teiki – )^[4]

ばれる or バレる • (bareru) intransitive ichidan (stem ばれ (bare), past ばれた (bareta))

1. to become in disarray, to become disorganized
2. to break down, to be broken off, such as talks or negotiations

   Synonym: 破断する (hadan suru)

3. to fail at something

   Synonyms: しくじる (shikujiru), 失敗する (shippai suru)

4. to lose a card game

   Synonym: (to lose at something) 負ける (makeru)

5. to be found out, to be discovered

   Synonym: 発覚する (hakkaku suru)

6. (by extension) to rain, to become inclement weather
7. (from a particular poetic convention during the Edo period) to tell an indecent or off-color story

   Synonym: しもがかる (shimogakaru)

• The passive form is inappropriate and is not used.

• ばらす (barasu): (transitive) to expose a secret; to mess something up, to put something in complete disarray