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Meaning of 埋もれる(うもれる) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 埋もれる

Kana Reading うもれる, うずもれる, うづもれる

Romaji umoreru, uzumoreru, uzumoreru

Parts of speech

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Meaning

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

Example Sentences

埋もれる, うもれる, うずもれる, うづもれる used in context

雪(ゆき)にうずもれ(うもれる)ちゃってるんですって。

I hear it's buried under all that snow.
その町(まち)は何(なに)世紀(せいき)もの間(あいだ)埋もれていた(うもれる)。

The town lay buried for centuries.
そのあたりは、一面(いちめん)に割れた(われる)ガラスで埋もれている(うもれる)んですって。

The place is deep in broken glass.
あなたがメールの山(やま)に埋もれている(うもれる)のは知っています(しる)が、私(わたし)が先週(せんしゅう)送った(おくる)メールの返事(へんじ)をお願い(おねがい)できませんでしょうか。

I know you must be buried in your mountain of mails, but I wonder if I can hear from you regarding the mail I sent you last week?

Verb Conjugations

Common conjugated forms

Non-Past

Plain

埋もれる

Plain Polite

埋もれます

Negative

埋もれない

Negative Polite

埋もれません

Past

Plain

埋もれた

Plain Polite

埋もれました

Negative

埋もれなかった

Negative Polite

埋もれませんでした

Plain

埋もれて

Plain Polite

埋もれまして

Negative

Negative Polite

Passive

Plain

埋もれられる

Plain Polite

埋もれられます

Negative

埋もれられない

Negative Polite

埋もれられません

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Kanji found in this word

埋 JLPT 2

bury, be filled up, embedded

On: マイ

Kun: う.める, う.まる, う.もれる, うず.める, うず.まる, い.ける

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