媚びる

Japanese
See also 媚び
Kanji in this term
媚
こ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こび​る [kòbíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞bʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

媚(こ)びる • (kobiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 媚(こ)び (kobi), past 媚(こ)びた (kobita))

  1. be obsequious
    彼(かれ)は、先生(せんせい)に媚(こ)びている。
    Kare wa, sensei ni kobiteiru.
    He is obsequious to our teacher.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "媚びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 媚び こび kobi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 媚び こび kobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 媚びる こびる kobiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 媚びる こびる kobiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 媚びれ こびれ kobire
Meireikei ("imperative") 媚びよ¹
媚びろ²		 こびよ¹
こびろ²		 kobiyo¹
kobiro²
Key constructions
Passive 媚びられる こびられる kobirareru
Causative 媚びさせる
媚びさす		 こびさせる
こびさす		 kobisaseru
kobisasu
Potential 媚びられる
媚びれる³		 こびられる
こびれる³		 kobirareru
kobireru³
Volitional 媚びよう こびよう kobiyō
Negative 媚びない
媚びぬ
媚びん		 こびない
こびぬ
こびん		 kobinai
kobinu
kobin
Negative continuative 媚びず こびず kobizu
Formal 媚びます こびます kobimasu
Perfective 媚びた こびた kobita
Conjunctive 媚びて こびて kobite
Hypothetical conditional 媚びれば こびれば kobireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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