伸びる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
伸
の
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the classical upper bigrade verb(バ行上二段活用) のぶ (nobu). Cognate with Japanese 延(の)びる (nobiru).

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「伸びる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		伸びる のびる
Imperative (命令形) 伸びろ のびろ
Key constructions
Passive 伸びられる のびられる
Causative 伸びさせる のびさせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 伸びよう のびよー
Negative 伸びない のびない
Negative perfective 伸びなかった のびなかった
Formal 伸びます のびます
Perfective 伸びた のびた
Conjunctive 伸びて のびて
Hypothetical conditional 伸びれば のびれば

Verb

伸(の)びる • (nobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 伸(の)び (nobi), past 伸(の)びた (nobita))

Japanese verb pair
active 伸ばす
mediopassive 伸びる
Japanese verb pair
active 伸べる
mediopassive 伸びる
  1. to stretch, to extend, to be developed.
  2. (of clothes) to become baggy and loose
  3. (of noodles) to become soft and soggy (from absorbing too much soup).
    早(はや)く食(た)べないと麺(めん)が伸(の)びちゃうよ。
    Hayaku tabenai to men ga nobichau yo.
    If you don't eat them quickly the noodles will go soft.
  4. (of online videos) to accumulate views

Conjugation

Conjugation of "伸びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 伸び のび nobi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 伸び のび nobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 伸びる のびる nobiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 伸びる のびる nobiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 伸びれ のびれ nobire
Meireikei ("imperative") 伸びよ¹
伸びろ² 		のびよ¹
のびろ² 		nobiyo¹
nobiro²
Key constructions
Passive 伸びられる のびられる nobirareru
Causative 伸びさせる
伸びさす 		のびさせる
のびさす 		nobisaseru
nobisasu
Potential 伸びられる
伸びれる³ 		のびられる
のびれる³ 		nobirareru
nobireru³
Volitional 伸びよう のびよう nobiyō
Negative 伸びない
伸びぬ
伸びん 		のびない
のびぬ
のびん 		nobinai
nobinu
nobin
Negative continuative 伸びず のびず nobizu
Formal 伸びます のびます nobimasu
Perfective 伸びた のびた nobita
Conjunctive 伸びて のびて nobite
Hypothetical conditional 伸びれば のびれば nobireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
  • 伸(の)ばす (nobasu): (transitive verb) lengthen, stretch, extend, develop, postpone, bring up

References

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