せびる

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [sèbíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞bʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

せびる • (sebiruせびる (sebiru)?godan (stem せびり (sebiri), past せびった (sebitta))

  1. to pester and request

Conjugation

Conjugation of "せびる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") せびら sebira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") せびり sebiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") せびる sebiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") せびる sebiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") せびれ sebire
Meireikei ("imperative") せびれ sebire
Key constructions
Passive せびられる sebirareru
Causative せびらせる
せびらす
sebiraseru
sebirasu
Potential せびれる sebireru
Volitional せびろう sebirō
Negative せびらない sebiranai
Negative continuative せびらず sebirazu
Formal せびります sebirimasu
Perfective せびった sebitta
Conjunctive せびって sebitte
Hypothetical conditional せびれば sebireba

Synonyms

References

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