帯びる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
帯
お
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
帶びる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese 帯ぶ (obu), then following 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”).[1][2][3][4] Later on, it shifted to 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”), the precursor to the modern 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”).[1][2][3][4]

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

Verb

帯(お)びる • (obiru) ichidan (stem 帯(お)び (obi), past 帯(お)びた (obita))

  1. to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry
    彼(かれ)の帯(お)びた刃(やいば)は佳(か)でしたね。
    Kare no obita yaiba wa ka deshita ne.
    The sword he was wearing/carrying was beautiful.
  2. to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on
  3. to have a trace of; to be tinged with
    壁(かべ)は血(ち)帯(お)びました。
    Kabe wa chi-obimashita.
    The walls were stained with blood.
    哀愁(あいしゅう)を帯(お)びた横顔(よこがお)
    aishū o obita yokogao
    a side profile draped in melancholy

Conjugation

Conjugation of "帯びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 帯び おび obi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 帯び おび obi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 帯びる おびる obiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 帯びる おびる obiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 帯びれ おびれ obire
Meireikei ("imperative") 帯びよ¹
帯びろ² 		おびよ¹
おびろ² 		obiyo¹
obiro²
Key constructions
Passive 帯びられる おびられる obirareru
Causative 帯びさせる
帯びさす 		おびさせる
おびさす 		obisaseru
obisasu
Potential 帯びられる
帯びれる³ 		おびられる
おびれる³ 		obirareru
obireru³
Volitional 帯びよう おびよう obiyō
Negative 帯びない
帯びぬ
帯びん 		おびない
おびぬ
おびん 		obinai
obinu
obin
Negative continuative 帯びず おびず obizu
Formal 帯びます おびます obimasu
Perfective 帯びた おびた obita
Conjunctive 帯びて おびて obite
Hypothetical conditional 帯びれば おびれば obireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  6. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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