埋まる

• 読み: うまる
• ローマ字: umaru
• 漢字の分解: 埋 (mai/u) — bury, fill, embed
• 発音: /ɯ.ma.ɾɯ/

意味

To be buried; to be filled up; to be occupied. The intransitive form of 埋める.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb conjugated with the る row. The intransitive pair of 埋める (to bury/fill). Used for things being buried in snow or sand (雪に埋まる), seats being filled (席が埋まる), gaps being closed (差が埋まる), and schedules being packed (予定が埋まる). Describes a state of being covered or occupied rather than the action of covering.

例文

1. 車が雪に埋まって動けなくなった。
2. コンサートの席はすぐに埋まった。
3. 週末の予定がすべて埋まっている。

使い方ガイド

場面: weather, events, scheduling

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 埋 combines 土 (earth) and 里 (village/unit), originally depicting something covered by earth. The intransitive -aru ending indicates the resulting state.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal