蔓延る

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
はびこ
Jinmeiyō Grade: 6
jukujikun

Shift from 蔓延る (hobikoru) below. Cognate with 阻む (habamu, to prevent, thwart), 憚る (habakaru), and possibly (haba, width).

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from 蔓延 (man’en).

Pronunciation

Verb

蔓延(はびこ) (habikoruintransitive godan (stem 蔓延(はびこ) (habikori), past 蔓延(はびこ)った (habikotta))

  1. (of vegetation) to grow lushly
  2. (of something undesirable) to be found abundantly; to run rampant
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ほびこ
Jinmeiyō Grade: 6
jukujikun

Pronunciation

Verb

蔓延(ほびこ) (hobikoruintransitive godan (stem 蔓延(ほびこ) (hobikori), past 蔓延(ほびこ)った (hobikotta))

  1. Synonym of 蔓延る (habikoru)
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. ^ 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