JLPT N3 Vocabulary

腐る（くさる）

to rot; to spoil

Intransitive verb: 食べ物が腐る, 木が腐る. Figuratively: 気持ちが腐る (to feel down). Close to 傷む, but 腐る is stronger and means fully rotten.

Examples

夏は食べ物がすぐ腐る。In summer, food spoils quickly.
冷蔵庫に入れ忘れて、牛乳が腐ってしまった。I forgot to put the milk in the refrigerator and it went bad.

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