葬る|ほうむるhoumuru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
ほうぶるhouburu
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto bury; to inter; to entomb
    これがブレークの葬ほうむられている教会きょうかいです。↗
    This is the church where Blake is buried.
  2. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. 死体したい・遺骨いこつを埋葬まいそうする。
  2. 公表こうひょうしたくないことなどを世間せけんに知しられないようにする。
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