張はる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb, transitive verb

stretch tight; spread out; put up

Covers making something taut or spread out, and setting up things such as ropes, nets, tents, or barriers. Can describe both the act of stretching something and the resulting taut state.

• ロープをぴんと張はる。

  I pull the rope taut.

• 庭にわにテントを張はった。

  We put up a tent in the yard.

• 糸いとがぴんと張はっている。

  The thread is stretched tight.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

form; spread over a surface

Intransitive use for ice or a similar layer forming across a surface, especially water.

• 池いけに薄うすい氷こおりが張はった。

  A thin layer of ice formed on the pond.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb, transitive verb

fill with liquid; run water into

Transitive use with containers or spaces, especially filling a bath or basin with water or hot water.

• 浴よく槽そうにお湯ゆを張はる。

  I fill the bathtub with hot water.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb, transitive verb

swell; feel tight; be bloated

Intransitive use for a body part or surface becoming swollen, taut, or uncomfortably full.

• 食たべ過すぎてお腹なかが張はっている。

  I ate too much and my stomach feels bloated.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

stick out; push out; hold out

Used with body parts or similar objects, especially in expressions such as 胸を張る, literally holding the chest out and often implying confidence or pride.

• 背せ筋すじを伸のばして胸むねを張はる。

  Straighten your back and hold your chest out.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

post; paste a link

Modern online use for putting a URL, image, or similar item into a chat, page, or post; 貼る is a common spelling here.

• 資し料りょうへのリンクをチャットに貼はってください。

  Please post the link to the materials in the chat.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be expensive; cost a lot

Usually appears as 値が張る or 値段が張る, meaning that the price is rather high.

• そのバッグは値ね段だんが張はるが、長ながく使つかえる。

  That bag is expensive, but it will last a long time.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

stake out; keep watch on; cover

Used for watching a person, place, or exit, often in police, detective, or journalistic contexts; 張り込む is a closely related fuller verb.

• 警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃの家いえを張はっていた。

  The police were staking out the suspect's house.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

slap

Limited use, especially in the fixed expression 頬を張る, meaning to slap someone on the cheek; it can sound more written or old-fashioned than everyday verbs like 叩く.

See also: 頬を張る

• 彼かれは思おもわず相あい手ての頬ほおを張はった。

  Without thinking, he slapped the other person on the cheek.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be one tile from winning; reach tenpai

Only when written 張る

Mahjong term for reaching a ready hand, one tile away from completion; related to 聴牌 and the colloquial verb テンパる.

See also: テンパる · テンパイ

• 麻雀まーじゃんで親おやが三さん巡じゅん目めに張はった。

  In the mahjong game, the dealer reached tenpai on the third turn.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

span; generate

Mathematical use, especially in linear algebra, for vectors or elements spanning or generating a space.

• この二ふたつのベクトルは平へい面めんを張はる。

  These two vectors span a plane.