伝わる
伝わる · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 伝わる | 伝わらない |
| Polite | 伝わります | 伝わりません |
| Past polite | 伝わりました | 伝わりませんでした |
| Past | 伝わった | 伝わらなかった |
| Te-form | 伝わって | 伝わらないで |
| Desire | 伝わりたい | 伝わりたくない |
| Potential | 伝われる | 伝われない |
| Passive | 伝わられる | 伝わられない |
| Causative | 伝わらせる | 伝わらせない |
| Causative passive | 伝わらせられるalso 伝わらされる | 伝わらせられないalso 伝わらされない |
| Volitional | 伝わろう | |
| Polite volitional | 伝わりましょう | |
| Imperative | 伝われ | 伝わるな |
| Conditional | 伝われば | 伝わらなければ |
| Tara conditional | 伝わったら | 伝わらなかったら |
Meanings
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
Used for information, rumors, news, or ideas spreading among people or becoming known.
The rumor quickly spread throughout the school.
The news of his death reached his family.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be handed down; be passed down
Used for traditions, customs, stories, or objects passed from generation to generation.
This festival has been handed down for hundreds of years.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be introduced; be brought; come
Used when something (culture, technology, goods) arrives in a new place or country.
Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the 6th century.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
be conveyed; come across; be felt
Used for feelings, impressions, or intentions being communicated non-verbally or through expression.
His serious feelings came across clearly.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
travel; propagate; be transmitted
Used for physical phenomena like sound, light, heat, or electricity moving through a medium.
Sound travels through the air.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
go along; move along
Rare, mostly literary use for moving along a path or route. Related to the verb 伝う.
See also: 伝う
He escaped by moving along the rooftop.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉が伝わるfor news or a rumor to spread/get around
The news quickly spread around the world.
- 〈人〉に〈事〉が伝わるfor a feeling or intention to come across to someone
His feelings came across to her.
- 〈場所〉に伝わるfor something (culture, technology) to be introduced to a place
Buddhism was introduced to Japan from China.
- 音が伝わるfor sound (or another physical phenomenon) to travel through a medium
Sound travels well underwater.
- 〈人〉から〈人〉へ伝わるfor a skill, tradition, or story to be passed down from one person to another
This skill was passed down from father to son.
Expressions
- 代々伝わるbe handed down from generation to generation