乗る（のる）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: to ride / board
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 乗ります | のります |
| te-form | 乗って | のって |
| ta-form (past) | 乗った | のった |
| nai-form (negative) | 乗らない | のらない |
| potential form | 乗れる | のれる |
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Example sentences
- 毎朝、駅で電車に乗る。 — I get on the train at the station every morning.
- バスに乗って会社へ行く。 — I take the bus to work.
Idioms & proverbs containing “乗る”
- 馬に乗るまでは牛に乗れ (うまにのるまではうしにのれ) — learn to crawl before you learn to walk; until you ride a horse, ride a cow
- 女氏無くして玉の輿に乗る (おんなうじなくしてたまのこしにのる) — even a woman of low birth can gain status by marrying rich (if she has the looks)
- 図に乗る (ずにのる) — to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
- 手に乗る (てにのる) — to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)
- 波に乗る (なみにのる) — to go with the flow; to go with the times
- 尻馬に乗る (しりうまにのる) — to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly
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