忍び寄る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しの
Grade: S

Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

(しの) (shinobu, to sneak, be hidden) + () (yoru, to approach)

Pronunciation

Verb

(しの)() • (shinobiyorugodan (stem (しの)() (shinobiyori), past (しの)()った (shinobiyotta))

  1. to creep, to sneak, to steal up to

Conjugation

Conjugation of "忍び寄る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 忍び寄ら しのびよら shinobiyora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 忍び寄り しのびより shinobiyori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 忍び寄る しのびよる shinobiyoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 忍び寄る しのびよる shinobiyoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 忍び寄れ しのびよれ shinobiyore
Meireikei ("imperative") 忍び寄れ しのびよれ shinobiyore
Key constructions
Passive 忍び寄られる しのびよられる shinobiyorareru
Causative 忍び寄らせる
忍び寄らす
しのびよらせる
しのびよらす
shinobiyoraseru
shinobiyorasu
Potential 忍び寄れる しのびよれる shinobiyoreru
Volitional 忍び寄ろう しのびよろう shinobiyorō
Negative 忍び寄らない しのびよらない shinobiyoranai
Negative continuative 忍び寄らず しのびよらず shinobiyorazu
Formal 忍び寄ります しのびよります shinobiyorimasu
Perfective 忍び寄った しのびよった shinobiyotta
Conjunctive 忍び寄って しのびよって shinobiyotte
Hypothetical conditional 忍び寄れば しのびよれば shinobiyoreba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN