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煽る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	煽あおる	煽あおらない
Polite	煽あおります	煽あおりません
Past polite	煽あおりました	煽あおりませんでした
Past	煽あおった	煽あおらなかった
Te-form	煽あおって	煽あおらないで
Desire	煽あおりたい	煽あおりたくない
Potential	煽あおれる	煽あおれない
Passive	煽あおられる	煽あおられない
Causative	煽あおらせる	煽あおらせない
Causative passive	煽あおらせられるalso 煽あおらされる	煽あおらせられないalso 煽あおらされない
Volitional	煽あおろう
Polite volitional	煽あおりましょう
Imperative	煽あおれ	煽あおるな
Conditional	煽あおれば	煽あおらなければ
Tara conditional	煽あおったら	煽あおらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

fan; blow on

To create airflow toward something, such as fanning flames or oneself with a fan.

うちわで顔かおを煽あおって涼すずんだ。
I fanned my face with a round fan to cool off.
強きょう風ふうが火ひを煽あおって、火か事じが広ひろがった。
The strong wind fanned the flames and the fire spread.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

flap; be blown by the wind

Describes something like a curtain, flag, or clothes being moved by the wind. Often used in the passive or intransitive sense, but the verb itself is transitive; the subject is the wind or a force that causes flapping.

風かぜがカーテンを煽あおっている。
The wind is making the curtain flap.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

instigate; stir up; incite

To provoke or encourage someone to take action, often in a negative or emotional way. Can be used for inciting crowds, provoking fights, or stirring up emotions.

彼かれの演えん説ぜつが群ぐん衆しゅうを煽あおって暴ぼう動どうになった。
His speech incited the crowd and it turned into a riot.
あの選せん手しゅは相あい手てチームを煽あおるような発はつ言げんをした。
That player made remarks to provoke the opposing team.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

drive up prices; bid up

To cause prices to rise by buying large quantities or creating artificial demand. Often used in financial or market contexts.

投とう機き筋すじが原げん油ゆ先さき物ものを煽あおって価か格かくが高こう騰とうした。
Speculators drove up crude oil futures and prices soared.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

take a low-angle photo

Photography term: to shoot from a low angle, looking upward. Related to the noun 煽り (あおり).

Usage patterns· 7

〈物もの〉を下したから煽あおって撮とるto photograph something from a low angle
建たて物ものを下したから煽あおって撮さつ影えいした。
I photographed the building from a low angle.
風かぜが〈物もの〉を煽あおるthe wind flaps/blows something
強つよい風かぜがカーテンを煽あおっている。
A strong wind is flapping the curtains.
〈人ひと〉を煽あおって〈動どう詞し〉させるto incite someone to do something
彼かれは仲なか間まを煽あおってストライキを起おこさせた。
He incited his coworkers to start a strike.
〈物もの〉を煽あおるto fan something (e.g. a fire)
うちわで火ひを煽あおって炭すみを熾おこした。
I fanned the fire with a hand fan to get the charcoal burning.
〈物もの〉の価か格かくを煽あおるto drive up the price of something
投とう資し家かたちが株かぶ価かを煽あおった。
The investors drove up the stock price.

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〈相あい手て〉の車くるまを煽あおるto tailgate someone's car
後うしろの車くるまが煽あおってきて怖こわかった。
The car behind me was tailgating, and it was scary.
〈事こと〉を煽あおるto stir up an emotion or conflict
そのニュースは国こく民みんの不ふ安あんを煽あおった。
The news stirred up public anxiety.

Expressions

煽あおりを食くうsuffer collateral damage; get caught in the backlash; be adversely affected by a ripple effect

Kanji

煽fan, flap, instigate

Related words· 9

扇あおぐN2sense 1
扇ぐ typically means fanning oneself or something with a handheld fan, while 煽る emphasizes creating or catching a strong draft of air.
焚たき付つける sense 3
焚き付ける literally means to kindle a fire and figuratively to egg someone on, while 煽る is the broader word for stirring up emotions or actions.
そそのかすN1sense 3
唆す focuses on tempting or persuading someone into a specific (often bad) act, whereas 煽る can also mean whipping up general emotion or unrest.
挑ちょう発はつ sense 3
挑発する stresses deliberately provoking a reaction from a specific person, while 煽る can target crowds or emotions more diffusely.

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引ひっ掛かけるN2
煽る means to gulp down a drink in one go, while 引っ掛ける in the drinking sense is a casual, colloquial way of saying 'knock back a drink'.
沸わかすN4
煽る means to incite or fan up emotions (often with negative intent), while 沸かす in its figurative sense means to excite or rouse enthusiasm more neutrally.
乗のせるN3
煽る means to incite or stir someone up, often more strongly than 乗せる's sense of playfully getting someone excited.
扇せん動どう
煽る is a common verb meaning to fan or incite (feelings, action), less formal and more general than the noun/する-verb 扇動.
そそる
煽る means 'to incite' or 'fan the flames of' a feeling, often with a negative or agitating nuance, while そそる is more neutral or positive, like tempting an appetite.

Don't confuse with

おだてるN1
煽る shares the kanji 煽 with 煽てる but is read あおる and means to fan, incite, or stir up (e.g. flames or emotions), not to flatter a person into action.
煽あおり
煽る is the verb (to fan, stir up, or tailgate) while 煽り is the noun derived from it, and learners often mix up which form to use in a sentence.

Word family

煽あおり
gust; blast of wind · influence; impact; knock-on effect · instigation; agitation; incitement · tailgating · low-angle shot; low-angle view
煽あおり足あし
scissors kick
煽あおり止どめ
doorstop
煽あおり記き事じ
inflammatory article; clickbait news; rage-bait piece
煽あおり立たてる
fan; stir up; agitate

Written forms

煽あおるUsage44%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
あおるUsage56%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing, especially for the 'instigate' and 'fan' senses.

Etymology

The kanji 煽 combines 火 (fire) and 扇 (fan), suggesting the original meaning of fanning flames. The verb あおる is of native Japanese origin, with the core idea of creating a current of air, which extended metaphorically to inciting emotions and actions.