塗る
ぬる
hepburn nuru
to paint, to spread
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 壁を白く塗った。I painted the wall white.
- 日焼け止めを塗る。I apply sunscreen.
Collocations
塗る (nuru, to paint / apply)壁を塗る (kabe wo nuru, paint a wall)日焼け止めを塗る (hiyakedome wo nuru, apply sunscreen)塗装 (tosou, painting)塗料 (toryou, paint)
Mnemonic
Nuru (塗る) is "to paint / apply" — B + no-cluster simple vocab (clean baseline). Kanji 塗 (apply). Usage: (1) kabe wo nuru (paint a wall); (2) hiyakedome wo nuru (apply sunscreen); (3) tosou (painting trade); (4) toryou (paint material). Compare: haru (stick), kakeru (hang), kaku (draw / write — different kanji homophones).
Quick check
Difference among nuru, haru, kakeru?