こぼれる

• 読み: こぼれる
• ローマ字: koboreru
• 発音: /ko.bo.ɾe.ɾɯ/

意味

To overflow; to spill over; to leak out. The natural, uncontrolled spilling or overflowing of a liquid or substance.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb conjugated by dropping る. The intransitive counterpart of こぼす (to spill). Describes liquids overflowing or spilling on their own, not by someone's direct action. Often used poetically: 笑みがこぼれる (a smile breaks out), 涙がこぼれる (tears spill). Usually written in hiragana rather than the kanji 零れる.

例文

1. コップからお水がこぼれてテーブルが濡れた。
2. 嬉しいニュースを聞いて笑みがこぼれた。
3. 袋が破れて中の米がこぼれてしまった。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, literature, emotions

トーン: gentle

起源と歴史

Originally written as 零れる, the intransitive form related to こぼす. The kanji 零 suggests something scattering or falling away in small quantities.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal