Ichidan verb
綻びるほころびる
hokorobiru綻びる (ほころびる, hokorobiru) — to come apart at the seams — is an ichidan verb: ほころびて (te-form), ほころびた (past), ほころびない (negative), ほころびます (polite).
It is usually written in kana: ほころびる rather than 綻びる. It also means to be ripped; to be torn.
How ほころびる conjugates · ichidan verb
Drop the る, then add the ending.
Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem ほころび. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.
ほころびる
dropsstem + ending
ほころびないほころびないnegative · It doesn't come apart at the seams.
ほころびますほころびますpolite present
ほころびてほころびてte-form · It comes apart at the seams and …
ほころびたほころびたpast · It came apart at the seams.
ほころびられるほころびられるpotential
ほころびればほころびればif
ほころびようほころびようvolitional
No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ほころびる 綻びる hokorobiru | |
| past N5 It came apart at the seams. | ほころびた 綻びた hokorobita | |
| negative N5 It doesn't come apart at the seams. | ほころびない 綻びない hokorobinai | |
| te-form N5 It comes apart at the seams and … | ほころびて 綻びて hokorobite | |
| past negative N4 | ほころびなかった 綻びなかった hokorobinakatta | |
| volitional N4 | ほころびよう 綻びよう hokorobiyou | |
| potential N3 | ほころびられる 綻びられる hokorobirareru | |
| cond. ば N3 | ほころびれば 綻びれば hokorobireba | |
| cond. たら N3 | ほころびたら 綻びたら hokorobitara | |
| passive N2 | ほころびられる 綻びられる hokorobirareru | |
| causative N2 | ほころびさせる 綻びさせる hokorobisaseru | |
| imperative N1 | ほころびろ 綻びろ hokorobiro |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ほころびます 綻びます hokorobimasu | |
| past N5 It came apart at the seams. | ほころびました 綻びました hokorobimashita | |
| negative N5 It doesn't come apart at the seams. | ほころびません 綻びません hokorobimasen | |
| past negative N4 | ほころびませんでした 綻びませんでした hokorobimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 | ほころびましょう 綻びましょう hokorobimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 It has come apart at the seams. | ほころびている 綻びている hokorobiteiru | |
| ていた N4 It was coming apart at the seams. | ほころびていた 綻びていた hokorobiteita | |
| ています N4 It has come apart at the seams. | ほころびています 綻びています hokorobiteimasu | |
| ていました N4 It was coming apart at the seams. | ほころびていました 綻びていました hokorobiteimashita |