- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

(kanji info)
  1. 1. [v5r, vi] to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter (uk)
  2. 2. [v5r, vi] to be sooty; to be smoke-stained (uk)
  3. 3. [v5r, vi] to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder (uk)
  4. 4. [v5r, vi] to seclude oneself (uk)
  5. 5. [v5r, vi] to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.) (uk)

Conjugation — Verb (godan-ru)

Dictionary form (kusuburu)
Polite (kusuburimasu)
Past, plain (kusubutta)
Past, polite (kusuburimashita)
Negative, plain (kusuburanai)
Negative, polite (kusuburimasen)
Past negative, plain (kusuburanakatta)
Past negative, polite (kusuburimasendeshita)
Te-form (kusubutte)
Potential (kusubureru)
Volitional (kusuburou)
Conditional (―ba) (kusubureba)
Passive (kusuburareru)
Causative (kusuburaseru)
Imperative (kusubure)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

The smoldering firewood burst into flame.