葬る|ほうむるhoumuru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto bury; to inter; to entomb
- godan verb, transitive verbto cover up; to hush up; to shelve
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 葬る(ほうむる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 葬ります(ほうむります) |
| Negative (nai) | 葬らない(ほうむらない) |
| polite (masen) | 葬りません(ほうむりません) |
| classical zu / nu | 葬らず・葬らぬ(ほうむらず・ほうむらぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 葬った(ほうむった) |
| polite (mashita) | 葬りました(ほうむりました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 葬らなかった(ほうむらなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 葬りませんでした(ほうむりませんでした) |
| Te form | 葬って(ほうむって) |
| Potential | 葬れる(ほうむれる) |
| Passive | 葬られる(ほうむられる) |
| Causative | 葬らせる(ほうむらせる) |
| Causative passive | 葬らせられる・葬らされる(ほうむらせられる・ほうむらされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 葬れば(ほうむれば) |
| tara | 葬ったら(ほうむったら) |
| Volitional | 葬ろう(ほうむろう) |
| polite (mashou) | 葬りましょう(ほうむりましょう) |
| Imperative | 葬れ(ほうむれ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym埋葬まいそうWrittenA noun for the burial of a body; formal and at home in written prose, while 「葬る」 also figuratively hushes up scandals.
- Synonym葬り去るほうむりさるNeutralConsigns something to oblivion — buried so thoroughly it is forgotten, as in 「闇に葬り去る」; 「葬る」 is broader.
- Synonym埋めるうめるNeutralCovers things over or fills them up completely, as in 「顔をうずめる」; 「葬る」 centers on burying the dead and figuratively on covering up the truth.
- Related埋めるうずめるNeutralCovers things over or fills them up completely, as in 「顔をうずめる」; 「葬る」 centers on burying the dead and figuratively on covering up the truth.
- Antonym蘇らせるNeutralThe antonym of 「葬る」 on the burying-versus-reviving axis: to make something revive or come back to light.
Default to 「葬る」 for burying the dead, or figuratively for hushing up a scandal or the truth, as in 「闇に葬る」. Use 「埋葬」 for a formal burial, 「葬り去る」 for consigning something to oblivion, and 「埋める」 for covering or filling something up; the antonym is 「蘇らせる」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


