彫る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 彫る | 彫らない |
| Polite | 彫ります | 彫りません |
| Past polite | 彫りました | 彫りませんでした |
| Past | 彫った | 彫らなかった |
| Te-form | 彫って | 彫らないで |
| Desire | 彫りたい | 彫りたくない |
| Potential | 彫れる | 彫れない |
| Passive | 彫られる | 彫られない |
| Causative | 彫らせる | 彫らせない |
| Causative passive | 彫らせられるalso 彫らされる | 彫らせられないalso 彫らされない |
| Volitional | 彫ろう | |
| Polite volitional | 彫りましょう | |
| Imperative | 彫れ | 彫るな |
| Conditional | 彫れば | 彫らなければ |
| Tara conditional | 彫ったら | 彫らなかったら |
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
carve; engrave; sculpt; chisel
General term for cutting into a hard material to create a shape, pattern, or inscription. Covers wood, stone, metal, and similar materials.
I carved wood and made a Buddha statue.
I had my name engraved on the ring.
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
Only with reading ほる
Specifically for tattooing skin. The reading is ほる; the obsolete reading える does not apply here.
I had a dragon tattooed on my back.
I had my girlfriend's name engraved on the ring.
He has a dragon design tattooed on his arm.
I had a craftsman carve a personal seal just for me.
My grandfather's hobby was carving Buddhist statues out of wood.
three-dimensional sculpture; carving in the round
traditional Japanese tattooing; wabori
hand-carving; hand-engraving
hairlines (engraving); fine-line engraving
gakubori; background elements in traditional Japanese tattooing
one-knife carving
relief carving; embossing
engrave; carve
carve into; engrave into; inscribe
machine carving; machine engraving
Rarely used kanji form.
Rarely used kanji form.