媚びる

Japanese

See also 媚び
Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kòbíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞bʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

()びる • (kobiruintransitive ichidan (stem () (kobi), past ()びた (kobita))

  1. to curry favor (with); to butter up (to); to suck up (to) [with ]
    (かれ)先生(せんせい)()びている。
    Kare wa sensei ni kobiteiru.
    He sucks up to our teacher.
  2. (typically of a woman) to flirt (with); to be coquettish (with) [with ]

Conjugation

Conjugation of "媚びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 媚び こび kobi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 媚び こび kobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 媚びる こびる kobiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 媚びる こびる kobiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 媚びれ こびれ kobire
Meireikei ("imperative") 媚びよ¹
媚びろ²
こびよ¹
こびろ²
kobiyo¹
kobiro²
Key constructions
Passive 媚びられる こびられる kobirareru
Causative 媚びさせる
媚びさす
こびさせる
こびさす
kobisaseru
kobisasu
Potential 媚びられる
媚びれる³
こびられる
こびれる³
kobirareru
kobireru³
Volitional 媚びよう こびよう kobiyō
Negative 媚びない
媚びぬ
媚びん
こびない
こびぬ
こびん
kobinai
kobinu
kobin
Negative continuative 媚びず こびず kobizu
Formal 媚びます こびます kobimasu
Perfective 媚びた こびた kobita
Conjunctive 媚びて こびて kobite
Hypothetical conditional 媚びれば こびれば kobireba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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