潤びる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
潤
ほと Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほとびる [hòtóbíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ho̞to̞bʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

潤(ほと)びる • (hotobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 潤(ほと)び (hotobi), past 潤(ほと)びた (hotobita))

to absorb moisture, to swell, to be rehydrated
木耳(きくらげ)が潤(ほと)びる。
Kikurage ga hotobiru.
The wood ear absorbs moisture.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "潤びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	潤び	ほとび	hotobi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	潤び	ほとび	hotobi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	潤びる	ほとびる	hotobiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	潤びる	ほとびる	hotobiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	潤びれ	ほとびれ	hotobire
Meireikei ("imperative")	潤びよ¹ 潤びろ²	ほとびよ¹ ほとびろ²	hotobiyo¹ hotobiro²
Key constructions
Passive	潤びられる	ほとびられる	hotobirareru
Causative	潤びさせる潤びさす	ほとびさせるほとびさす	hotobisaseru hotobisasu
Potential	潤びられる潤びれる³	ほとびられるほとびれる³	hotobirareru hotobireru³
Volitional	潤びよう	ほとびよう	hotobiyō
Negative	潤びない潤びぬ潤びん	ほとびないほとびぬほとびん	hotobinai hotobinu hotobin
Negative continuative	潤びず	ほとびず	hotobizu
Formal	潤びます	ほとびます	hotobimasu
Perfective	潤びた	ほとびた	hotobita
Conjunctive	潤びて	ほとびて	hotobite
Hypothetical conditional	潤びれば	ほとびれば	hotobireba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential