くびれる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
括れる
縊れる

Pronunciation

Verb

くびれる • (kubireruくびれる (kubireru)?ichidan (stem くびれ (kubire), past くびれた (kubireta))

  1. 括れる: (intransitive) to dip inwards, as of a vase or one's waist
  2. 縊れる: (intransitive) to hang oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of "くびれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") くびれ kubire
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") くびれ kubire
Shūshikei ("terminal") くびれる kubireru
Rentaikei ("attributive") くびれる kubireru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") くびれれ kubirere
Meireikei ("imperative") くびれよ¹
くびれろ²
kubireyo¹
kubirero²
Key constructions
Passive くびれられる kubirerareru
Causative くびれさせる
くびれさす
kubiresaseru
kubiresasu
Potential くびれられる
くびれれる³
kubirerareru
kubirereru³
Volitional くびれよう kubireyō
Negative くびれない
くびれぬ
くびれん
kubirenai
kubirenu
kubiren
Negative continuative くびれず kubirezu
Formal くびれます kubiremasu
Perfective くびれた kubireta
Conjunctive くびれて kubirete
Hypothetical conditional くびれれば kubirereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN