ふれる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
触れる 狂れる

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふれる [fùrérú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Verb

ふれる • (fureru) intransitive ichidan (stem ふれ (fure), past ふれた (fureta))

1. 触れる: to touch
2. 触れる: to experience, come in contact with

   上場廃止(じょうじょうはいし)の基準(きじゅん)に触(ふ)れるかどうか審査(しんさ)を続(つづ)けることにしています。

   Jōjō haishi no kijun ni fureru ka dō ka shinsa o tsuzukeru koto ni shite imasu.

   [They] are still investigating whether [they] came in contact with the criteria for delisting.

3. 触れる: to press (a button)
4. 触れる: to mention lightly
5. 触れる, 狂れる: to go crazy, to go mad
6. 偏れる: to veer, deflect, lean towards

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ふれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ふれ	fure
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ふれ	fure
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ふれる	fureru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ふれる	fureru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ふれれ	furere
Meireikei ("imperative")	ふれよ¹ ふれろ²	fureyo¹ furero²
Key constructions
Passive	ふれられる	furerareru
Causative	ふれさせる ふれさす	furesaseru furesasu
Potential	ふれられる ふれれる³	furerareru furereru³
Volitional	ふれよう	fureyō
Negative	ふれない ふれぬ ふれん	furenai furenu furen
Negative continuative	ふれず	furezu
Formal	ふれます	furemasu
Perfective	ふれた	fureta
Conjunctive	ふれて	furete
Hypothetical conditional	ふれれば	furereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

• (to touch): 触(さわ)る (sawaru)
• (to go crazy): 狂(くる)う (kuruu)

Derived terms

• 手(て)を触(ふ)れる (te o fureru)
• 気(き)がふれる (ki ga fureru)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ふれる – see the following entry.

【振れる】 [verb] (intransitive) to swing, to shake, to wave Alternative spelling 震れる

(This term, ふれる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ふれる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふれる.)