登る
のぼる
to climb
Noboru (登る) is a godan verb meaning "to climb". Its polite form is 登ります (noborimasu), its te form is 登って (nobotte), its past form is 登った (nobotta), and its negative form is 登らない (noboranai).
Godan verbJLPT N5
Noboru (登る) conjugation quick reference
登る means "to climb". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Noboru example sentences
山に登ります。
I climb a mountain.
木に登りません。
I don't climb trees.
昨日、山に登りました。
I climbed a mountain yesterday.
How to use Noboru: grammar notes
•Use に after the place you're climbing — for example, 山に登る (yama ni noboru) means "to climb a mountain."
•Don’t use を with 登る — it sounds unnatural to say 山を登る, even though を is often used with action verbs.
•You can use と with someone you're climbing with — like 友だちと山に登る (tomodachi to yama ni noboru), meaning "to climb a mountain with a friend."
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Noboru
山に登る
to climb a mountain
階段を登る
to go up the stairs
木に登る
to climb a tree
Noboru (登る) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 登る | noboru |
| Masu Form | 登ります | noborimasu |
| Te Form | 登って | nobotte |
| Past Form | 登った | nobotta |
| Negative Form | 登らない | noboranai |
| Past Negative | 登らなかった | noboranakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 登ります | noborimasu |
| Polite Past | 登りました | noborimashita |
| Polite Negative | 登りません | noborimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 登りませんでした | noborimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 登れる | noboreru |
| Passive Form | 登られる | noborareru |
| Causative Form | 登らせる | noboraseru |
| Causative Passive | 登らされる | noborasareru |
| Volitional Form | 登ろう | noborou |
| Imperative Form | 登れ | nobore |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 登れば | noboreba |
| Conditional (たら) | 登ったら | nobottara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 登っている | nobotteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 登りたい | noboritai |
| Prohibition | 登るな | noboruna |