ハブる

Japanese

Etymology

Derived by appending the verb-forming suffix (-ru) to noun ハブ (habu, someone who is left out of a group), itself a shortening of noun form 省き (habuki, omission), in turn from verb 省く (habuku, to omit).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ha̠bɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Verb

ハブる or はぶる • (haburugodan (stem ハブり (haburi), past ハブった (habutta))

  1. (informal) to leave out someone from a group

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ハブる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ハブら habura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ハブり haburi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ハブる haburu
Rentaikei ("attributive") ハブる haburu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ハブれ habure
Meireikei ("imperative") ハブれ habure
Key constructions
Passive ハブられる haburareru
Causative ハブらせる
ハブらす
haburaseru
haburasu
Potential ハブれる habureru
Volitional ハブろう haburō
Negative ハブらない haburanai
Negative continuative ハブらず haburazu
Formal ハブります haburimasu
Perfective ハブった habutta
Conjunctive ハブって habutte
Hypothetical conditional ハブれば habureba

References

  1. ^ はぶる”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months