詫びる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
詫
わ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
See also お詫び

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 侘びる (wabiru).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

詫(わ)びる • (wabiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 詫(わ)び (wabi), past 詫(わ)びた (wabita))

  1. apologize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "詫びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 詫び わび wabi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 詫び わび wabi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 詫びる わびる wabiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 詫びる わびる wabiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 詫びれ わびれ wabire
Meireikei ("imperative") 詫びよ¹
詫びろ² 		わびよ¹
わびろ² 		wabiyo¹
wabiro²
Key constructions
Passive 詫びられる わびられる wabirareru
Causative 詫びさせる
詫びさす 		わびさせる
わびさす 		wabisaseru
wabisasu
Potential 詫びられる
詫びれる³ 		わびられる
わびれる³ 		wabirareru
wabireru³
Volitional 詫びよう わびよう wabiyō
Negative 詫びない
詫びぬ
詫びん 		わびない
わびぬ
わびん 		wabinai
wabinu
wabin
Negative continuative 詫びず わびず wabizu
Formal 詫びます わびます wabimasu
Perfective 詫びた わびた wabita
Conjunctive 詫びて わびて wabite
Hypothetical conditional 詫びれば わびれば wabireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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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