Meaning of 零れる in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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零れるJLPT 2
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Kana Readingこぼれる
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Romajikoboreru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to spill; to fall out of; to overflow
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
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Example Sentences
零れる, こぼれる used in context
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僕ならスープ皿を持ってきて、グラスを充分に注意しながらテーブルの端まで滑らせて水をそのスープ皿に流し込むな。水は床にはこぼれない。
I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.
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Tears fell from her eyes.
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彼女が一つ目のグラスを持ち上げたら、水がそこらじゅうにこぼれて店長を呼ぶことになったわ。
After she picked up the first glass and water went all over the place, she called the boss out.
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彼らは少しの間どうしたものか考えていたけど、どうしたらいいか考えて一日中費やすわけにもいかないでしょう。そこで最後にはもう一つのグラスも持ち上げたわ。そしたらまた水が床一面にこぼれたわけ。
They studied it a little bit, but they couldn't spend all day finding out what to do, so they finally picked up the other one, and the water went out again, all over the floor.
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I burst into tears.
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All of the milk was spilled.
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