偲ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しの
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
慕ぶ

Pronunciation

Verb

(しの) • (shinobugodan (stem (しの) (shinobi), past (しの)んだ (shinonda))

  1. to recall, reminisce; to imagine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "偲ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 偲ば しのば shinoba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 偲び しのび shinobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 偲ぶ しのぶ shinobu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 偲ぶ しのぶ shinobu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 偲べ しのべ shinobe
Meireikei ("imperative") 偲べ しのべ shinobe
Key constructions
Passive 偲ばれる しのばれる shinobareru
Causative 偲ばせる
偲ばす
しのばせる
しのばす
shinobaseru
shinobasu
Potential 偲べる しのべる shinoberu
Volitional 偲ぼう しのぼう shinobō
Negative 偲ばない しのばない shinobanai
Negative continuative 偲ばず しのばず shinobazu
Formal 偲びます しのびます shinobimasu
Perfective 偲んだ しのんだ shinonda
Conjunctive 偲んで しのんで shinonde
Hypothetical conditional 偲べば しのべば shinobeba
Classical conjugation of "偲ぶ" (バ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 偲ば しのば sinoba
Continuative (連用形) 偲び しのび sinobi
Terminal (終止形) 偲ぶ しのぶ sinobu
Attributive (連体形) 偲ぶ しのぶ sinobu
Realis (已然形) 偲べ しのべ sinobe
Imperative (命令形) 偲べ しのべ sinobe
Key constructions
Negative 偲ばず しのばず sinobazu
Contrasting conjunction 偲べど しのべど sinobedo
Causal conjunction 偲べば しのべば sinobeba
Conditional conjunction 偲ばば しのばば sinobaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 偲びき しのびき sinobiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 偲びけり しのびけり sinobikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 偲びつ しのびつ sinobitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 偲びぬ しのびぬ sinobinu
Perfect-continuative tense 偲べり
偲びたり
しのべり
しのびたり
sinoberi
sinobitari
Volitional 偲ばむ しのばむ sinobamu

References

  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