"ほころびる" meaning in Japanese

See ほころびる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ho̞ko̞ɾo̞bʲiɾɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|tr=intrans|type=2}} ほころびる • (hokorobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem ほころび (hokorobi), past ほころびた (hokorobita)) Forms: hokorobiru [romanization], ほころび [stem], ほころびた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ほころび [error-unrecognized-form], hokorobi [error-unrecognized-form], ほころびる [error-unrecognized-form], hokorobiru [error-unrecognized-form], ほころびれ [error-unrecognized-form], hokorobire [error-unrecognized-form], ほころびよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ほころびろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], hokorobiyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], hokorobiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ほころびられる [passive], hokorobirareru [passive], ほころびさせる [causative], ほころびさす [causative], hokorobisaseru [causative], hokorobisasu [causative], ほころびられる [potential], ほころびれる [colloquial, potential], hokorobirareru [potential], hokorobireru [colloquial, potential], ほころびよう [volitional], hokorobiyō [volitional], ほころびない [negative], ほころびぬ [negative], ほころびん [negative], hokorobinai [negative], hokorobinu [negative], hokorobin [negative], ほころびず [continuative, negative], hokorobizu [continuative, negative], ほころびます [formal], hokorobimasu [formal], ほころびた [perfective], hokorobita [perfective], ほころびて [conjunctive], hokorobite [conjunctive], ほころびれば [conditional, hypothetical], hokorobireba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. rip at the seams, come unsewn
    Sense id: en-ほころびる-ja-verb-dSgrBJL3 Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 26 40 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 32 38
  2. start to bloom, for a bud to open
    Sense id: en-ほころびる-ja-verb-tMN9LSBV Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 49 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 52 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 46 29 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 26 40 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 24 50 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 32 38
  3. smile
    Sense id: en-ほころびる-ja-verb--h6txMaZ Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 33 30 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 26 40 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 29 43
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hokorobiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころび",
      "roman": "hokorobi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびた",
      "roman": "hokorobita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "ほころびる • (hokorobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem ほころび (hokorobi), past ほころびた (hokorobita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "_dis": "30 32 38",
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      "glosses": [
        "rip at the seams, come unsewn"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "rip",
          "rip"
        ],
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          "seam",
          "seam"
        ],
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          "unsewn",
          "unsewn"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "24 49 27",
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        },
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          "_dis": "26 46 29",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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          "_dis": "30 32 38",
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      "glosses": [
        "start to bloom, for a bud to open"
      ],
      "id": "en-ほころびる-ja-verb-tMN9LSBV",
      "links": [
        [
          "bloom",
          "bloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        "smile"
      ],
      "id": "en-ほころびる-ja-verb--h6txMaZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "smile",
          "smile"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほころびる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞ko̞ɾo̞bʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ほころびる"
}

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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese kami ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hokorobiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころび",
      "roman": "hokorobi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびた",
      "roman": "hokorobita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ほころびれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hokorobireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "intrans",
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      },
      "expansion": "ほころびる • (hokorobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem ほころび (hokorobi), past ほころびた (hokorobita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rip at the seams, come unsewn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rip",
          "rip"
        ],
        [
          "seam",
          "seam"
        ],
        [
          "unsewn",
          "unsewn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "start to bloom, for a bud to open"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bloom",
          "bloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "smile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smile",
          "smile"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ほころびる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞ko̞ɾo̞bʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ほころびる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ほころびる meaning in Japanese (4.6kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ほころびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ほころびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ほころびる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ほころびる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "ほころびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ほころびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "ほころびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ほころびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "ほころびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ほころびる",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (8b3c49c and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.