垂れる

たれる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
2. Ichidan verb, Transitive to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to grant; to bestow
3. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop
4. Ichidan verb, Transitive to leave behind (at death)
5. to say; to utter
6. to excrete (urine, feces, etc.); to let out (a fart)

Kanji

• 垂 dangle. Read as たれる.

Example sentences

• おどおどして首をたれた。
  He hung his head sheepishly.
• 川岸で数人の男が糸を垂れている。
  Several men are fishing from the riverbank.
• 彼の左目に髪がたれていた。
  A wisp of hair fell over his left eye.
• 彼は恥ずかしさのあまり首を垂れた。
  He hung his head in shame.
• 彼女の髪は肩にたれている。
  Her hair fell over her shoulder.

Common phrases

• 頭を垂れる (こうべをたれる) to bow one's head
• 下に垂れる
• 耳が垂れる

Related forms

• 垂らす (たらす) to dribble (transitive partner)

Words containing 垂れる

• 垂れ流す (たれながす) to leak (urine, feces)
• 垂れ流し (たれながし) incontinence
• 垂れ下がる (たれさがる) to hang

And 26 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1
• Spoken

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