媚びる
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Japanese
[edit]See also 媚び
Kanji in this term |
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媚 |
こ Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]媚びる • (kobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 媚び (kobi), past 媚びた (kobita))
- be obsequious
- 彼は、先生に媚びている。
- Kare wa, sensei ni kobiteiru.
- He is obsequious to our teacher.
- 彼は、先生に媚びている。
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "媚びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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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
[edit]- 媚び (kobi): obsequiousness
- 媚び諂う (kobihetsurau): be obsequious (submissively)
References
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