負ぶう
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 負 |
| お Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 負う |
Etymology
From 負う (ou, “to carry on one's back”).
Pronunciation
Verb
負ぶう • (obuu) ←おぶふ (obufu)?godan (stem 負ぶい (obui), past 負ぶった (obutta))
- to carry on one's back
- 赤ちゃんをおぶう ― aka-chan o obuu ― to carry a baby on one's back
- to assume, take on (work, responsibility)
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 負ぶわ | おぶわ | obuwa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 負ぶい | おぶい | obui |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 負ぶう | おぶう | obuu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 負ぶう | おぶう | obuu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 負ぶえ | おぶえ | obue |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 負ぶえ | おぶえ | obue |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 負ぶわれる | おぶわれる | obuwareru |
| Causative | 負ぶわせる 負ぶわす |
おぶわせる おぶわす |
obuwaseru obuwasu |
| Potential | 負ぶえる | おぶえる | obueru |
| Volitional | 負ぶおう | おぶおう | obuō |
| Negative | 負ぶわない | おぶわない | obuwanai |
| Negative continuative | 負ぶわず | おぶわず | obuwazu |
| Formal | 負ぶいます | おぶいます | obuimasu |
| Perfective | 負ぶった | おぶった | obutta |
| Conjunctive | 負ぶって | おぶって | obutte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 負ぶえば | おぶえば | obueba |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- おんぶ (onbu)
- 負ぶい紐 (obuihimo, “baby sling; a strap for carrying a baby on one's back”)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN