述べる

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
述
の
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
叙べる

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

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「述べる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		述べる のべる
Imperative (命令形) 述べろ のべろ
Key constructions
Passive 述べられる のべられる
Causative 述べさせる のべさせる
Potential 述べられる のべられる
Volitional 述べよう のべよー
Negative 述べない のべない
Negative perfective 述べなかった のべなかった
Formal 述べます のべます
Perfective 述べた のべた
Conjunctive 述べて のべて
Hypothetical conditional 述べれば のべれば

Verb

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

  1. To express or state something.
    彼(かれ)が自(じ)分(ぶん)の意(い)見(けん)を述(の)べた。
    Kare ga jibun no iken o nobeta.
    He expressed his own opinion.
    以(い)前(ぜん)に述(の)べた通(とお)り
    izen ni nobeta-tōri
    as stated previously

Usage notes

A common construction for using this verb would be:

  • 誰が何を述べる
    がをのべる
    ga o noberu
    expresses

Conjugation

Conjugation of "述べる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 述べ のべ nobe
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 述べ のべ nobe
Shūshikei ("terminal") 述べる のべる noberu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 述べる のべる noberu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 述べれ のべれ nobere
Meireikei ("imperative") 述べよ¹
述べろ² 		のべよ¹
のべろ² 		nobeyo¹
nobero²
Key constructions
Passive 述べられる のべられる noberareru
Causative 述べさせる
述べさす 		のべさせる
のべさす 		nobesaseru
nobesasu
Potential 述べられる
述べれる³ 		のべられる
のべれる³ 		noberareru
nobereru³
Volitional 述べよう のべよう nobeyō
Negative 述べない
述べぬ
述べん 		のべない
のべぬ
のべん 		nobenai
nobenu
noben
Negative continuative 述べず のべず nobezu
Formal 述べます のべます nobemasu
Perfective 述べた のべた nobeta
Conjunctive 述べて のべて nobete
Hypothetical conditional 述べれば のべれば nobereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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References

  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. ^ 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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