こぼれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

spill; fall out; overflow

Intransitive: liquid, grains, contents, etc. come out unintentionally from a container or over an edge. The transitive counterpart is こぼす, 'to spill something.'

• コップから水みずがこぼれた。

  Water spilled from the cup.

• 袋ふくろの穴あなから米こめがこぼれている。

  Rice is falling out through a hole in the bag.

• 鍋なべからスープがこぼれそうだ。

  The soup looks like it is about to overflow from the pot.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

peek through; show from within; become visible

Figurative/descriptive use for something partly showing from a place where it is normally hidden or enclosed. It often has a soft, slightly literary feel.

• 彼かの女じょが笑わらうと、白しろい歯はがこぼれた。

  When she smiled, her white teeth showed.

• 襟えり元もとから白しろいレースがこぼれている。

  White lace is peeking out from the collar.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

escape; slip out; well up

Used of a smile, tears, words, or similar things that come out involuntarily or naturally, especially in set-like collocations such as 笑みがこぼれる and 涙がこぼれる.

• その知しらせを聞きいて、思おもわず笑えみがこぼれた。

  When I heard the news, a smile escaped me.

• 合ごう格かくの知しらせに、彼かの女じょの目めから涙なみだがこぼれた。

  At the news that she had passed, tears spilled from her eyes.