Japanese

きわたる

ひびきわたる
Meaning: to resound; to reverberate widely; to ring out
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 響きわたる 響きわたらない
Polite 響きわたります 響きわたりません
Past 響きわたった 響きわたらなかった
Polite + Past 響きわたりました 響きわたりませんでした
Te-form 響きわたって 響きわたらなくて
Potential 響きわたれる 響きわたれない
Passive 響きわたられる 響きわたられない
Causative 響きわたらせる 響きわたらせない
Causative + Passive 響きわたらされる 響きわたらされない
Imperative 響きわたれ 響きわたるな

Handwriting

響
き
わ
た
る

Example

At dawn, the sound of the temple bell rang out through the whole town.

Usage Notes

Used when a sound, voice, or announcement spreads broadly through a place. It is intransitive, so the sound itself is usually marked with が.

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