ふれる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
触れる狂れる

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふれる [fùrérú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

ふれる • (fureru) intransitive ichidan (stem ふれ (fure), past ふれた (fureta))

触れる: to touch
触れる: to experience, come in contact with
上場廃止(じょうじょうはいし)の基準(きじゅん)に触(ふ)れるかどうか審査(しんさ)を続(つづ)けることにしています。
Jōjō haishi no kijun ni fureru ka dō ka shinsa o tsuzukeru koto ni shite imasu.
[They] are still investigating whether [they] came in contact with the criteria for delisting.
触れる: to press (a button)
触れる: to mention lightly
触れる, 狂れる: to go crazy, to go mad
偏れる: to veer, deflect, lean towards

Usage notes

See usage notes at 触(さわ)る (sawaru).

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ふれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ふれ	fure
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ふれ	fure
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ふれる	fureru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ふれる	fureru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ふれれ	furere
Meireikei ("imperative")	ふれよ¹ ふれろ²	fureyo¹ furero²
Key constructions
Passive	ふれられる	furerareru
Causative	ふれさせるふれさす	furesaseru furesasu
Potential	ふれられるふれれる³	furerareru furereru³
Volitional	ふれよう	fureyō
Negative	ふれないふれぬふれん	furenai furenu furen
Negative continuative	ふれず	furezu
Formal	ふれます	furemasu
Perfective	ふれた	fureta
Conjunctive	ふれて	furete
Hypothetical conditional	ふれれば	furereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

(to touch): 触(さわ)る (sawaru)
(to go crazy): 狂(くる)う (kuruu)

Derived terms

手(て)を触(ふ)れる (te o fureru)
気(き)がふれる (ki ga fureru)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ふれる – see the following entry.

【振れる】

[verb] (intransitive) to swing, to shake, to wave

Alternative spelling
震れる

(This term, ふれる (fureru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ふれる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふれる.)

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

[SMK2-1] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

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