延ばす

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Cognate with Japanese ()ばす (nobasu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「延ばす
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
延ばす
Imperative (命令形) 延ばせ
Key constructions
Passive 延ばされる ばされ
Causative 延ばさせる ばさせ
Potential 延ばせる ばせ
Volitional 延ばそう ばそ
Negative 延ばさない ばさない
Negative perfective 延ばさなかった ばさなかった
Formal 延ばします ばしま
Perfective 延ばした した
Conjunctive 延ばして して
Hypothetical conditional 延ばせば せば

Verb

()ばす (nobasutransitive godan (stem ()ばし (nobashi), past ()ばした (nobashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 延ばす
mediopassive 延びる
  1. extend, lengthen, stretch
    天然(てんねん)ガスのパイプラインをロシア極東(きょくとう)から北朝鮮(きたちょうせん)経由(けいゆ)して、韓国(かんこく)まで()ばす計画(けいかく)
    tennen gasu no paipurain o roshia kyokutō kara kitachōsen o keiyu shite, kankoku made nobasu keikaku
    The plan to extend the natural gas pipeline from the Russian Far East to South Korea via North Korea
  2. spread, roll on
  3. postpone
    ()()りを10(じゅう)(がつ)31(さんじゅういち)(にち)から12(じゅうに)(がつ)15(じゅうご)(にち)()ばす
    shimekiri o jūgatsusanjūichinichi kara jūnigatsujūgonichi ni nobasu
    to postpone the deadline from 31 October to 15 December
  4. thin, dilute

Conjugation

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