響く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひび
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
響く (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Likely derived from a mimetic word, via reduplication. Cognate with Okinawan 響ちゅん (fibichun).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "響く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
響く
Imperative (命令形) 響け
Key constructions
Passive 響かれる びかれ
Causative 響かせる びかせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 響こう びこ
Negative 響かない びかない
Negative perfective 響かなかった びかなかった
Formal 響きます びきま
Perfective 響いた いた
Conjunctive 響いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 響けば けば

Verb

(ひび) (hibikuintransitive godan (stem (ひび) (hibiki), past (ひび)いた (hibiita))

  1. to echo, to resound
  2. to hit (one's heart), to touch (the audience)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN