侘びる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 詫びる (wabiru).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

()びる • (wabiruintransitive ichidan (stem () (wabi), past ()びた (wabita))

  1. to long for, worry
  2. to apologize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "侘びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 侘び わび wabi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 侘び わび wabi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 侘びる わびる wabiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 侘びる わびる wabiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 侘びれ わびれ wabire
Meireikei ("imperative") 侘びよ¹
侘びろ²
わびよ¹
わびろ²
wabiyo¹
wabiro²
Key constructions
Passive 侘びられる わびられる wabirareru
Causative 侘びさせる
侘びさす
わびさせる
わびさす
wabisaseru
wabisasu
Potential 侘びられる
侘びれる³
わびられる
わびれる³
wabirareru
wabireru³
Volitional 侘びよう わびよう wabiyō
Negative 侘びない
侘びぬ
侘びん
わびない
わびぬ
わびん
wabinai
wabinu
wabin
Negative continuative 侘びず わびず wabizu
Formal 侘びます わびます wabimasu
Perfective 侘びた わびた wabita
Conjunctive 侘びて わびて wabite
Hypothetical conditional 侘びれば わびれば wabireba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN