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ぶれる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	ぶれる	ぶれない
Polite	ぶれます	ぶれません
Past polite	ぶれました	ぶれませんでした
Past	ぶれた	ぶれなかった
Te-form	ぶれて	ぶれないで
Desire	ぶれたい	ぶれたくない
Potential	ぶれられるalso ぶれれる	ぶれられないalso ぶれれない
Passive	ぶれられる	ぶれられない
Causative	ぶれさせる	ぶれさせない
Causative passive	ぶれさせられる	ぶれさせられない
Volitional	ぶれよう
Polite volitional	ぶれましょう
Imperative	ぶれろ	ぶれるな
Conditional	ぶれれば	ぶれなければ
Tara conditional	ぶれたら	ぶれなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

blur; be shaken

Used for photos, videos, or camera work when motion causes blur or shake.

手てが震ふるえて写しゃ真しんがぶれてしまった。
My hands shook and the photo came out blurred.
動うごきが速はやすぎて映えい像ぞうがぶれる。
The movement is too fast and the video gets blurry.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

waver; falter

Describes a person's stance, belief, policy, or resolve becoming unsteady or inconsistent.

彼かれは強つよい反はん対たいに遭あっても信しん念ねんがぶれなかった。
Even when faced with strong opposition, his convictions did not waver.
首しゅ相しょうの発はつ言げんがぶれていると批ひ判はんされた。
The prime minister was criticized for wavering in his statements.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

shift; be off

Used when a position, alignment, or setting is slightly off or has moved from where it should be.

テーブルにぶつかって、額がく縁ぶちの位い置ちがぶれた。
I bumped the table and the picture frame shifted out of place.
印いん刷さつの色いろが少すこしぶれている。
The print colors are slightly off.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉がぶれるfor a photo or video to come out blurry from shake
手てが震ふるえて写しゃ真しんがぶれた。
My hands shook and the photo came out blurry.
〈人ひと〉の意い見けんがぶれるfor someone's opinion or stance to be inconsistent or waver
彼かれの意い見けんはいつもぶれる。
His opinions are always inconsistent.
〈物もの〉の位い置ちがぶれるfor the position or alignment of something to shift slightly
カメラの位い置ちがぶれてしまった。
The camera's position ended up shifting slightly.

Related words

ぼやけるN1sense 1
ぼやける describes blur from being out of focus or obscured (like fog), while ぶれる describes blur caused specifically by motion or shaking.
揺ゆれるN4sense 2
揺れる describes physical swaying or shaking, while ぶれる in its abstract sense describes a stance or opinion becoming inconsistent over time.

Opposites

定さだまるN1sense 2
定まる means a stance, policy, or position becomes fixed and settled, the opposite of ぶれる wavering or drifting off course.

Don't confuse with

ずれるN3sense 3
ずれる is the general word for something being misaligned or off from its proper position, while ぶれる more specifically suggests instability from shaking, motion, or wavering resolve.
触ふれるN3
触れる means to touch or come into contact with something, and is easily confused with ぶれる despite sharing no meaning, due to their similar sound and form.

Word family

落おちぶれる
fall into decline; come down in the world; be ruined

Written forms

ぶれるUsage51%
Standard hiragana spelling.
ブレるUsage49%
Katakana spelling often used in casual or emphatic contexts.

Etymology

Related to ぶれ, “shaking, blur, or deviation,” the verb ぶれる describes movement away from a stable position and, figuratively, wavering in attitude or policy. Its deeper formation is uncertain.