差し伸べる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
差 伸
さ
Grade: 4 		の
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
差し延べる
差伸べる
差延べる

Pronunciation

Verb

差(さ)し伸(の)べる • (sashinoberu) transitive ichidan (stem 差(さ)し伸(の)べ (sashinobe), past 差(さ)し伸(の)べた (sashinobeta))

  1. to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch; to reach out for
  2. (in the form of 〜手を差し伸べる) to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.), to give someone a hand
    自分(じぶん)が手(て)を差(さ)し伸(の)べられる相手(あいて)を探(さが)すべきなんじゃない。
    Jibun ga te o sashinoberareru aite o sagasu beki na n ja nai.
    Shouldn't you look for someone that you can offer some help to?

Conjugation

Conjugation of "差し伸べる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 差し伸べ さしのべ sashinobe
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 差し伸べ さしのべ sashinobe
Shūshikei ("terminal") 差し伸べる さしのべる sashinoberu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 差し伸べる さしのべる sashinoberu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 差し伸べれ さしのべれ sashinobere
Meireikei ("imperative") 差し伸べよ¹
差し伸べろ² 		さしのべよ¹
さしのべろ² 		sashinobeyo¹
sashinobero²
Key constructions
Passive 差し伸べられる さしのべられる sashinoberareru
Causative 差し伸べさせる
差し伸べさす 		さしのべさせる
さしのべさす 		sashinobesaseru
sashinobesasu
Potential 差し伸べられる
差し伸べれる³ 		さしのべられる
さしのべれる³ 		sashinoberareru
sashinobereru³
Volitional 差し伸べよう さしのべよう sashinobeyō
Negative 差し伸べない
差し伸べぬ
差し伸べん 		さしのべない
さしのべぬ
さしのべん 		sashinobenai
sashinobenu
sashinoben
Negative continuative 差し伸べず さしのべず sashinobezu
Formal 差し伸べます さしのべます sashinobemasu
Perfective 差し伸べた さしのべた sashinobeta
Conjunctive 差し伸べて さしのべて sashinobete
Hypothetical conditional 差し伸べれば さしのべれば sashinobereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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