燻る

くすぶる

Also written いぶる, ふすぶる, 燻ぶる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
2. to be sooty; to be smoke-stained
3. to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
4. to seclude oneself
5. to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.)

Kanji

• 燻 smoulder; fume; oxidize

Example sentences

• くすぶっていた薪が突然燃え上がった。
  The smoldering firewood burst into flame.

Common phrases

• 不満がくすぶる
• 火種がくすぶる

Related forms

• 燻す (いぶす) to smoke (something) (transitive partner)

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists