Japanese Dictionary
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- Reading and JLPT level
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腐る JLPT 3
- Kana Reading
- くさる
- Romaji
- kusaru
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ru' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
- Example sentence
- ハゲタカが突っつく死んだ鹿とか、他の動物の食べ残しとか、 そういう腐った肉を死肉と書きました。 A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
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Examples of 腐る, くさる in a sentence
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ハゲタカが突っつく死んだ鹿とか、他の動物の食べ残しとか、 そういう腐った肉を死肉と書きました。
A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
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Opening the refrigerator, I noticed the meat had spoiled.
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Eggs tend to go bad in summer.
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All the eggs went bad.
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Tighten the lid so that it doesn't go bad.
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I don't like to see food go to waste.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 腐る
- Plain Polite
- 腐ります
- Negative
- 腐らない
- Negative Polite
- 腐りません
Past
- Plain
- 腐った
- Plain Polite
- 腐りました
- Negative
- 腐らなかった
- Negative Polite
- 腐りませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 腐って
- Plain Polite
- 腐りまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 腐られる
- Plain Polite
- 腐られます
- Negative
- 腐られない
- Negative Polite
- 腐られません
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