あぶる

to scorch, to roast

What does あぶる mean?

あぶる is a Japanese verb meaning to scorch, to roast in English. It is written as あぶる in hiragana, and aburu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私はあぶなく車にひかれる所だった。

I narrowly escaped being run over by a car.