溢れる

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 溢れる. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 溢れる, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 溢れる in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 溢れる you have here. The definition of the word 溢れる will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of溢れる, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あふ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "溢れる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
溢れる ふれ
Imperative (命令形) 溢れろ ふれ
Key constructions
Passive 溢れられる ふれられ
Causative 溢れさせる ふれさせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 溢れよう ふれよ
Negative 溢れない ふれない
Negative perfective 溢れなかった ふれなかった
Formal 溢れます ふれま
Perfective 溢れた れた
Conjunctive 溢れて れて
Hypothetical conditional 溢れれば ふれれば

Verb

(あふ)れる (afureruintransitive ichidan (stem (あふ) (afure), past (あふ)れた (afureta))

  1. to overflow
    マグカップからコーヒーが(あふ)()した。
    Magukappu kara kōhī ga afuredashita.
    The coffee overflowed from the mug.
  2. to have in abundance
    (おも)いが(あふ)れる
    omoi ga afureru
    full of emotions
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こぼ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 溢れる – see the following entry.
こぼれる
to spill
to scatter
(of tears) to roll
to overflow
to escape
Alternative spelling
翻れる
(This term, 溢れる, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN