ぶら下がる|ぶらさがるburasagaru[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto hang down (from); to dangle; to swing; to be suspended
    テーブルの上うえにはランプがぶら下さがっていた。↗
    There was a lamp hanging above the table.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes)
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
Conjugation
Dictionary formぶら下がる(ぶらさがる)
Polite (masu)ぶら下がります(ぶらさがります)
Negative (nai)ぶら下がらない(ぶらさがらない)
polite (masen)ぶら下がりません(ぶらさがりません)
classical zu / nuぶら下がらず・ぶら下がらぬ(ぶらさがらず・ぶらさがらぬ)
Past (ta)ぶら下がった(ぶらさがった)
polite (mashita)ぶら下がりました(ぶらさがりました)
Past negative (nakatta)ぶら下がらなかった(ぶらさがらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)ぶら下がりませんでした(ぶらさがりませんでした)
Te formぶら下がって(ぶらさがって)
Potentialぶら下がれる(ぶらさがれる)
Passiveぶら下がられる(ぶらさがられる)
Causativeぶら下がらせる(ぶらさがらせる)
Causative passiveぶら下がらせられる・ぶら下がらされる(ぶらさがらせられる・ぶらさがらされる)
Conditional (ba)ぶら下がれば(ぶらさがれば)
taraぶら下がったら(ぶらさがったら)
Volitionalぶら下がろう(ぶらさがろう)
polite (mashou)ぶら下がりましょう(ぶらさがりましょう)
Imperativeぶら下がれ(ぶらさがれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitiveぶら下がるぶらさがる⇄transitiveぶら下げるぶらさげる
看板かんばんが壁かべにぶら下さがる
ぶら下がる describes something being in a hanging state, focusing on the subject's condition, while ぶら下げる describes the action of hanging something, focusing on the agent's action.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym垂れ下がるたれさがるNeutralOne end hangs or droops down, as in 「枝が垂れ下がる」; it stresses the drooping itself and carries no metaphor of depending on someone.
  • Synonym垂れるたれるNeutralSame word as above, also written 「垂れる」 and read 「しだれる」; used for willow branches or long hair hanging low, not for a person hanging on by gripping something.
  • Synonym吊り下がるつりさがるNeutralSomething hangs suspended and sways loosely; it stresses being hung from above and is close in meaning to 「ぶら下がる」.
  • Related枝垂れるしだれるNeutralBranches, hair and the like droop softly, as in 「枝垂れ桜」; it only expresses drooping, with no sense of hanging on by gripping or of dependence.

Use 「ぶら下がる」 for hanging on by gripping something or for depending on someone, as in 「鉄棒にぶら下がる」 or 「親にぶら下がる」. For one end drooping down use 「垂れ下がる」; for branches or hair hanging low use 「枝垂れる」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ぶらんと何なんかに垂れ下たれさがる。
  2. 容易よういに手てに入はいる状態じょうたいである。
  3. 他人たにんの力ちからに頼たよりきりになる。
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