こぼれる

こぼれる · koboreru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to overflow

🥛💧 koboreru ~ cup-bowl-rue: you rue the cup or bowl that spills over

Often written 零れる or 溢れる. The kanji 零 originally meant raindrops falling, the same idea as liquid spilling over a rim in drops. Related: こぼす (kobosu) = to spill something yourself.

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