延べる

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Japanese

Etymology

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

From the classical lower bigrade verb(バ行下二段活用) のぶ. Cognate with Japanese 伸(の)べる (noberu) and 述(の)べる (noberu).

Verb

延(の)べる • (noberu) transitive ichidan (stem 延(の)べ (nobe), past 延(の)べた (nobeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 延べる
mediopassive 延びる
  1. to delay; to postpone
    出(しゅっ)発(ぱつ)の期(き)日(じつ)を延(の)べる
    shuppatsu no kijitsu o noberu
    to postpone the date of departure
  2. (archaic) to extend one's life

Conjugation

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