こぼれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to spill; to fall out of; to overflow
Hey, it spilled!
2. to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)
Light was showing through the gap in the door.
3. to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
Tears no longer fall.
Pitch accent
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Top 3300
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
to boil over
to boil over
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
to boil over
to bubble over; to boil over
to bubble over; to boil over
Examples (13 in total)
Hey, it spilled!
Before I knew it, tears were spilling over.
The black tea almost spilled.