うだる

also: ゆだる

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うだる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	うだる	うだらない
Polite	うだります	うだりません
Past polite	うだりました	うだりませんでした
Past	うだった	うだらなかった
Te-form	うだって	うだらないで
Desire	うだりたい	うだりたくない
Potential	うだれる	うだれない
Passive	うだられる	うだられない
Causative	うだらせる	うだらせない
Causative passive	うだらせられるalso うだらされる	うだらせられないalso うだらされない
Volitional	うだろう
Polite volitional	うだりましょう
Imperative	うだれ	うだるな
Conditional	うだれば	うだらなければ
Tara conditional	うだったら	うだらなかったら

Pairs with茹でる

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

boil; seethe

usually written using kana alone

Describes food or liquid boiling vigorously; often used for cooking. The reading ゆだる is rare and mostly literary.

鍋なべの湯ゆがうだっている。
The water in the pot is boiling.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be oppressed by heat; swelter

usually written using kana alone

Only with reading うだる

Used for oppressive heat, often in the phrase うだるような暑さ (sweltering heat). The reading is always うだる.

今日きょうはうだるような暑あつさだ。
It's sweltering hot today.

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Kanji

茹boil, seethe

Transitive / intransitive

茹ゆでるN3
茹でる is the transitive form (someone boils something), while 茹だる is the intransitive form (something becomes boiled or overheated on its own).

Related words

茹ゆで上あがるN2
茹だる can mean the same 'become fully boiled' as 茹で上がる, but it also has an extended sense of 'feel sweltering from heat', which 茹で上がる lacks.
煮にえるN2
茹だる is used mainly for vegetables, eggs, or noodles becoming boiled/cooked in water, while 煮える more broadly covers anything simmered until done, often in seasoned liquid.

Written forms

うだるUsage77%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms 茹だる and 茹る are rare.
茹だるUsage11%
- ゆだる
- うだる
  Rare kanji spelling; the reading ゆだる is also possible but uncommon.
ゆだるUsage13%
Rare reading for the boiling sense; usually written in kana.
茹る
- うだる
  Rare kanji spelling; can also be read ゆだる.
- ゆだる

Etymology

A phonologically altered form of older ゆだる “to boil or be boiled,” also underlying modern ゆでる. The sense “swelter” developed from the oppressive sensation of being boiled by the heat.