"おぼれる" meaning in Japanese

See おぼれる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [o̞bo̞ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|tr=intrans|type=2}} おぼれる • (oboreru) intransitive ichidan (stem おぼれ (obore), past おぼれた (oboreta)) Forms: oboreru [romanization], おぼれ [stem], おぼれた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], おぼれ [error-unrecognized-form], obore [error-unrecognized-form], おぼれる [error-unrecognized-form], oboreru [error-unrecognized-form], おぼれれ [error-unrecognized-form], oborere [error-unrecognized-form], おぼれよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], おぼれろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], oboreyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], oborero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], おぼれられる [passive], oborerareru [passive], おぼれさせる [causative], おぼれさす [causative], oboresaseru [causative], oboresasu [causative], おぼれられる [potential], おぼれれる [colloquial, potential], oborerareru [potential], oborereru [colloquial, potential], おぼれよう [volitional], oboreyō [volitional], おぼれない [negative], おぼれぬ [negative], おぼれん [negative], oborenai [negative], oborenu [negative], oboren [negative], おぼれず [continuative, negative], oborezu [continuative, negative], おぼれます [formal], oboremasu [formal], おぼれた [perfective], oboreta [perfective], おぼれて [conjunctive], oborete [conjunctive], おぼれれば [conditional, hypothetical], oborereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to almost drown
    Sense id: en-おぼれる-ja-verb-HbH6ZVeP Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 20 24 29
  2. to drown
    Sense id: en-おぼれる-ja-verb-K13rKmk8 Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 20 24 29
  3. to do something excessively; to get lost in an activity
    Sense id: en-おぼれる-ja-verb-mk~zhX9U Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 20 24 29
  4. to indulge in, to wallow in, to overindulge
    Sense id: en-おぼれる-ja-verb-14SZIDEv 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 redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 21 13 15 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 20 24 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 29 14 20 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 14 20 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 13 18 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 12 12 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 9 9 69

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oboreru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれ",
      "roman": "obore",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれた",
      "roman": "oboreta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obore",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboreru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboreyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboreyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboreta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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          "_dis": "15 12 12 60",
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          "_dis": "13 9 9 69",
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    {
      "other": "おぼれる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞bo̞ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "おぼれる"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "oboreru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれ",
      "roman": "obore",
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれた",
      "roman": "oboreta",
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        "past"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "おぼれ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれる",
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      "form": "おぼれれ",
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    },
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      "form": "おぼれよ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
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    {
      "form": "おぼれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "oborerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "oboresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "oboresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おぼれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "おぼれれる",
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    {
      "form": "oborerareru",
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        "potential"
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      "form": "oborereru",
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      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboreyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oborenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれず",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "oborezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "おぼれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oboreta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おぼれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "oborete",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "おぼれれば",
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        "hypothetical"
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        "to almost drown"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to drown"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to do something excessively; to get lost in an activity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to indulge in, to wallow in, to overindulge"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "おぼれる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞bo̞ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "おぼれる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for おぼれる meaning in Japanese (4.4kB)

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