トラブる

Japanese

Etymology

Blend of トラブル (toraburu, derived from English trouble) + (-ru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ラブ [tòrábúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɾa̠bɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Verb

トラブる • (toraburugodan (stem トラブり (toraburi), past トラブった (torabutta))

  1. (informal) to experience trouble
    (かえ)(でん)(しゃ)トラブった
    kaeri no densha ga torabutta
    the train home encountered issues

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN