ばる

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ばる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	ばる	ばらない
Polite	ばります	ばりません
Past polite	ばりました	ばりませんでした
Past	ばった	ばらなかった
Te-form	ばって	ばらないで
Desire	ばりたい	ばりたくない
Potential	ばれる	ばれない
Passive	ばられる	ばられない
Causative	ばらせる	ばらせない
Causative passive	ばらせられるalso ばらされる	ばらせられないalso ばらされない
Volitional	ばろう
Polite volitional	ばりましょう
Imperative	ばれ	ばるな
Conditional	ばれば	ばらなければ
Tara conditional	ばったら	ばらなかったら

Meanings

suffix, godan verb (-ru)

be prominently ...; be persistently ...

usually written using kana alone

Suffix attaching to nouns or adjective stems to form godan verbs meaning 'to be conspicuously or stubbornly that way'. Often carries a negative or emphatic tone. Common in colloquial or informal speech.

彼かれはいつも理り屈くつっぽくて、すぐ屁へ理り屈くつばる。
He's always argumentative and quickly gets stubbornly pedantic.
あの人ひとは金かね持もちで、態たい度どがでかばっている。
That person is rich and acts all high and mighty.

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Expressions

肘ひじ張ばるstick out one's elbows · be obstinate; be haughty

Kanji

張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

Related words

張はる
The standalone verb 張る (はる) means 'to stretch, to stick, to be tense', while ばる is a suffix with a different meaning and reading.

Word family· 23

頑がん張ばるN5
persevere; keep at it; do one's best; hold out · insist; stick to one's opinion · remain in place; stick to one's post; refuse to budge
頬ほお張ばる
stuff one's cheeks; fill one's mouth
欲よく張ばる
be greedy; want too much; covet
かさばるN1
be bulky; take up space; be unwieldy
威い張ばるN2
act big; throw one's weight around; be bossy

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気き張ばる
brace one's core; bear down; strain abdominal muscles · exert oneself; push oneself; go all out · splurge on; spend generously on; pay a lot for
踏ふん張ばるN1
brace one's legs; plant one's feet firmly · hold out; persist; exert oneself
こわばるN1
stiffen; become stiff; harden
角かど張ばる
angular; pointed; jagged; rugged · stiff; formal; ceremonious
角かく張ばる
be square; be angular; be jagged · be stiff; be formal; be ceremonious
出で張ばる
project; jut out; protrude · go on a business trip; go somewhere for work; proceed to
息いき張ばる
strain; bear down
武ぶ張ばる
be soldierly; be martial
筋すじ張ばる
become sinewy; become stringy; become stiff (physically) · become stiff (attitude/conversation); become formal; become awkward
骨ほね張ばる
bony; angular
しゃちほこばる
stand on ceremony; be stiffly formal · stiffen up; become tense; get nervous
下げ種す張ばる
act vulgar; be boorish; behave crudely
儀ぎ式しき張ばる
be formal; stick to formality; be ceremonious
四し角かく張ばる
be square; be angular · be formal; be stiff; be strict
形けい式しき張ばる
be formal; stand on ceremony; be stiff

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Etymology

Derived from the verb 張る (はる), with the initial consonant voiced (rendaku) and meaning extended to 'be conspicuously or stubbornly so'. The exact historical development is uncertain.