降る

See also: 降りる

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
降
ふ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ふ​る [fúꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "降る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 降る ふ​る [fúꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 降れ ふ​れ [fúꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 降られる ふられ​る [fùráréꜜrù]
Causative 降らせる ふらせ​る [fùráséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 降ろう ふろ​ー [fùróꜜò]
Negative 降らない ふら​ない [fùráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 降らなかった ふら​なかった [fùráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 降ります ふりま​す [fùrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 降った ふ​った [fúꜜttà]
Conjunctive 降って ふ​って [fúꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 降れば ふ​れば [fúꜜrèbà]

Verb

降(ふ)る • (furu) intransitive godan (stem 降(ふ)り (furi), past 降(ふ)った (futta))

  1. to fall from the sky, to precipitate
    雨(あめ)が降(ふ)っている。
    Ame ga futte iru.
    It's raining.
    雪(ゆき)が降(ふ)っている。
    Yuki ga futte iru.
    It's snowing.
  2. (passive voice) to be hit by or caught in something falling head on.
    ゲリラ豪雨(ごうう)に降(ふ)られて、全身(ぜんしん)びしょびしょになっちゃった。
    Gerira gōu ni furarete, zenshin bishobisho ni natchatta.
    There was a sudden rain storm, and I got soaked head to toe.
    昨日(きのう)親父(おやじ)は雹(ひょう)に降(ふ)られた。
    Kinō oyaji wa hyō ni furareta.
    My dad got caught in a hail storm yesterday.
Usage notes
  • This is one of the intransitive verbs lacking an active (transitive) pair which allows the use of passive voice to imply the negative emotion of or damage to the subject (recipient) of the verb.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "降る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 降ら ふら fura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 降り ふり furi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 降る ふる furu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 降る ふる furu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 降れ ふれ fure
Meireikei ("imperative") 降れ ふれ fure
Key constructions
Passive 降られる ふられる furareru
Causative 降らせる
降らす		 ふらせる
ふらす		 furaseru
furasu
Potential 降れる ふれる fureru
Volitional 降ろう ふろう furō
Negative 降らない ふらない furanai
Negative continuative 降らず ふらず furazu
Formal 降ります ふります furimasu
Perfective 降った ふった futta
Conjunctive 降って ふって futte
Hypothetical conditional 降れば ふれば fureba
See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
降
くだ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 降る – see the following entry.
【下くだる】
[verb] descend
[verb] hand down an order, issue, sentence
[verb] surrender
[verb] have diarrhea
(This term, 降る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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