埋うまる

also: うずまる

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埋まる · godan verb (-ru)

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

Pairs with埋める

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be buried; be covered; be surrounded

Physical sense: something is buried under or covered by a substance, or surrounded by things. Used for objects, places, or people.

雪ゆきで家いえが埋うまった。
The house was buried in snow.
机つくえの上うえが書しょ類るいで埋うまっている。
The desk is covered with documents.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be filled; be crowded; overflow

A space, container, or schedule is filled to capacity with people or things. Often implies a sense of being packed or overflowing.

会かい場じょうは人ひとで埋うまった。
The venue was filled with people.
今こん週しゅうの予よ定ていはもう埋うまっている。
This week's schedule is already full.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be repaid; be replenished

Only with reading うまる

Limited to the reading うまる. Used for debts, deficits, or shortages being made up or compensated. Often in financial or abstract contexts.

借しゃっ金きんがようやく埋うまった。
The debt was finally repaid.
赤あか字じが埋うまる見み込こみはない。
There is no prospect of the deficit being covered.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be filled (blank, vacancy)

Only with reading うまる

Limited to the reading うまる. A gap, blank space, or vacancy is filled. Common in forms, positions, or missing parts.

空くう欄らんがすべて埋うまった。
All the blanks have been filled in.
欠けつ員いんが埋うまるまで時じ間かんがかかる。
It will take time until the vacancy is filled.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が〈物もの〉に埋うまるfor something to be buried under something (e.g. snow, sand)
車くるまが雪ゆきに埋うまってしまった。
The car ended up buried in the snow.
〈場ば所しょ〉が〈人ひと〉で埋うまるfor a place to be filled/packed with people
会かい場じょうは観かん客きゃくで埋うまっていた。
The venue was packed with spectators.
〈物もの〉の赤あか字じが埋うまるfor a deficit or shortfall to be made up
今こん月げつの赤あか字じはボーナスで埋うまった。
This month's deficit was covered by the bonus.
〈物もの〉の空くう欄らんが埋うまるfor a blank space or vacancy to be filled in
履り歴れき書しょの空くう欄らんがすべて埋うまった。
All the blanks on the resume were filled in.
〈事こと〉で予よ定ていが埋うまるfor one's schedule to be filled up with something
来らい週しゅうの予よ定ていは会かい議ぎで埋うまっている。
Next week's schedule is filled with meetings.

Expressions

外そと堀ぼりが埋うまるobstacles are cleared; the way is paved

Kanji

埋bury, be filled up, embedded

Transitive / intransitive

埋うめるN3
埋める is the transitive counterpart meaning 'to bury/fill something', while 埋まる is intransitive, describing something becoming buried or filled.
埋うずめるN1
埋める(うずめる) is the transitive counterpart meaning 'to cover/bury something', matching the うずまる reading of 埋まる as its intransitive partner.

Related words

埋うもれる sense 1
埋もれる also means 'to be buried', but adds a nuance of being hidden or forgotten from view, whereas 埋まる simply describes the state of being covered or filled.
塞ふさがるN2
埋まる emphasizes something filling up completely, such as seats or a schedule, while 塞がる simply describes the resulting state of being occupied or blocked.
飲のみ込こむN1
埋まる simply means a space is filled up, while 飲み込む (often passive) emphasizes a venue being completely packed or swallowed by a crowd.

Opposites

開あくN4sense 2
空く describes a space becoming empty or vacant, the opposite of 埋まる describing a space becoming filled or crowded.

Don't confuse with

生うまれるN4
生まれる (うまれる, 'to be born') sounds almost identical to 埋まる (うまる, 'to be filled/buried') but has an entirely different meaning.
埋うもれる
埋まる often means a hole, gap, or vacancy gets filled in, while 埋もれる emphasizes something being covered over and hidden from view.

Written forms

埋まるUsage91%
- うまる
  Standard kanji spelling for both うまる and うずまる readings.
- うずまる
うまるUsage7%
Kana spelling is common when the reading is unambiguous or for emphasis.
うずまるUsage2%
Kana spelling for the うずまる reading, often used to avoid ambiguity.

Etymology

The verb 埋まる derives from the kanji 埋 (bury) and the intransitive verb ending まる, indicating a state of being buried or filled. The reading うずまる is an older or emphatic variant, while うまる is the more common modern reading.