延びる

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Japanese

See also 伸びる

Etymology

Kanji in this term
延
の
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Japanese verb pair
active 延ばす
mediopassive 延びる
Japanese verb pair
active 延べる
mediopassive 延びる
  1. become longer; be extended; be lengthened
    沿岸高速道路(えんがんこうそくどうろ)が仙台(せんだい)から宮古(みやこ)まで延(の)びる予定(よてい)である。
    Engan kōsokudōro ga sendai kara miyako made nobiru yotei dearu.
    The coastal expressway will be extended from Sendai to Miyako.
  2. be postponed
    完成(かんせい)が来年(らいねん)に延(の)びるかもしれない。
    Kansei ga rainen ni nobiru kamo shirenai.
    The completion may be postponed to the next year.
  3. live long; achieve longevity

Conjugation

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

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