媚びる
Japanese
See also 媚び
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 媚 |
| こ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Verb
媚びる • (kobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 媚び (kobi), past 媚びた (kobita))
- to curry favor (with); to butter up (to); to suck up (to) [with に]
- 彼は先生に媚びている。
- Kare wa sensei ni kobiteiru.
- He sucks up to our teacher.
- 彼は先生に媚びている。
- (typically of a woman) to flirt (with); to be coquettish (with) [with に]
Conjugation
| 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
Related terms
- 媚び (kobi): obsequiousness
- 媚び諂う (kobihetsurau): be obsequious (submissively)
References
- “▲媚びる”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026