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こぼれる

こぼれるkoboreru

CommonVerb

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. Ichidan verbintransitive verb

    to spill; to fall out of; to overflow

    usually written using kana alone

    コーヒーがこぼれましたよ。

    • You've spilt your coffee.
    • You've spilled your coffee.

    Words:コーヒーがこぼれるよ

    Verified
  2. to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)

  3. to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

Example sentences 23

コーヒーがこぼれましたよ。

  • You've spilt your coffee.
  • You've spilled your coffee.

Words:コーヒーがこぼれるよ

Verified

僕(ぼく)ならスープ皿(さら)を持(も)ってきて、グラスを充(じゅう)分(ぶん)に注(ちゅう)意(い)しながらテーブルの端(はじ)まで滑(すべ)らせて水(みず)をそのスープ皿(さら)に流(なが)し込(こ)むな。水(みず)は床(ゆか)にはこぼれない。

  • I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.

チップがグラス一(ひと)つの中(なか)の10セントであれば、ウェイトレスは次(つぎ)の客(きゃく)に備(そな)えて急(いそ)いでテーブルを片(かた)付(づ)けようとしてグラスを持(も)ち上(あ)げ、水(みず)がこぼれだし、事(こと)はおしまいということになろう。

  • If the tip was a dime in one glass, the waitress, in her haste to get the table ready for the next customer, would pick up the glass, the water would spill out, and that would be the end of it.
  • When the tip was a lone dime thrown into a glass, the waitress would raise the glass while hastily preparing the table for the next customer. She would then spill the water and that would be it.

彼(かれ)らは少(すこ)しの間(あいだ)どうしたものか考(かんが)えていたけど、どうしたらいいか考(かんが)えて一日中(いちにちじゅう)費(つい)やすわけにもいかないでしょう。そこで最(さい)後(ご)にはもう一(ひと)つのグラスも持(も)ち上(あ)げたわ。そしたらまた水(みず)が床(ゆか)一(いち)面(めん)にこぼれたわけ。

  • They studied it a little bit, but they couldn't spend all day finding out what to do, so they finally picked up the other one, and the water went out again, all over the floor.

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