綻ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
綻
ほころ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほころぶ [hòkóróꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ko̞ɾo̞bɯ̟]

Verb

綻(ほころ)ぶ • (hokorobu) intransitive godan (stem 綻(ほころ)び (hokorobi), past 綻(ほころ)んだ (hokoronda))

to begin to open; to come out
to smile broadly
(of clothing) to come apart at the seams

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in kana.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "綻ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	綻ば	ほころば	hokoroba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	綻び	ほころび	hokorobi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	綻ぶ	ほころぶ	hokorobu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	綻ぶ	ほころぶ	hokorobu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	綻べ	ほころべ	hokorobe
Meireikei ("imperative")	綻べ	ほころべ	hokorobe
Key constructions
Passive	綻ばれる	ほころばれる	hokorobareru
Causative	綻ばせる綻ばす	ほころばせるほころばす	hokorobaseru hokorobasu
Potential	綻べる	ほころべる	hokoroberu
Volitional	綻ぼう	ほころぼう	hokorobō
Negative	綻ばない	ほころばない	hokorobanai
Negative continuative	綻ばず	ほころばず	hokorobazu
Formal	綻びます	ほころびます	hokorobimasu
Perfective	綻んだ	ほころんだ	hokoronda
Conjunctive	綻んで	ほころんで	hokoronde
Hypothetical conditional	綻べば	ほころべば	hokorobeba

Derived terms

綻(ほころ)びる (hokorobiru)
綻(ほころ)び (hokorobi)

References

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