侘びる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
侘
わ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 詫びる (wabiru).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

侘(わ)びる • (wabiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 侘(わ)び (wabi), past 侘(わ)びた (wabita))

  1. to long for, worry
  2. to apologize

Conjugation
Conjugation of "侘びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 侘び わび wabi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 侘び わび wabi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 侘びる わびる wabiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 侘びる わびる wabiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 侘びれ わびれ wabire
Meireikei ("imperative") 侘びよ¹
侘びろ²		 わびよ¹
わびろ²		 wabiyo¹
wabiro²
Key constructions
Passive 侘びられる わびられる wabirareru
Causative 侘びさせる
侘びさす		 わびさせる
わびさす		 wabisaseru
wabisasu
Potential 侘びられる
侘びれる³		 わびられる
わびれる³		 wabirareru
wabireru³
Volitional 侘びよう わびよう wabiyō
Negative 侘びない
侘びぬ
侘びん		 わびない
わびぬ
わびん		 wabinai
wabinu
wabin
Negative continuative 侘びず わびず wabizu
Formal 侘びます わびます wabimasu
Perfective 侘びた わびた wabita
Conjunctive 侘びて わびて wabite
Hypothetical conditional 侘びれば わびれば wabireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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