ふるびる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
古びる旧びる (less common)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふるびる [fùrúbíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾɯ̟bʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

ふるびる • (furubiru) ^{←ふるびる (furubiru)^?}intransitive ichidan (stem ふるび (furubi), past ふるびた (furubita))

(of a thing) to be and look aged, old
古(ふる)びた建物(たてもの) ― furubita tatemono ― an old(-looking) building

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ふるびる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ふるび	furubi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ふるび	furubi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ふるびる	furubiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ふるびる	furubiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ふるびれ	furubire
Meireikei ("imperative")	ふるびよ¹ ふるびろ²	furubiyo¹ furubiro²
Key constructions
Passive	ふるびられる	furubirareru
Causative	ふるびさせるふるびさす	furubisaseru furubisasu
Potential	ふるびられるふるびれる³	furubirareru furubireru³
Volitional	ふるびよう	furubiyō
Negative	ふるびないふるびぬふるびん	furubinai furubinu furubin
Negative continuative	ふるびず	furubizu
Formal	ふるびます	furubimasu
Perfective	ふるびた	furubita
Conjunctive	ふるびて	furubite
Hypothetical conditional	ふるびれば	furubireba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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