媚びる
Japanese
See also 媚び
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 媚 |
| こ Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
Verb
媚びる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana こびる, rōmaji kobiru)
- be obsequious
- 彼は、先生に媚びている。
- Kare wa, sensei ni kobiteiru.
- He is obsequious to our teacher.
- 彼は、先生に媚びている。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "媚びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 媚び | こび | kobi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 媚び | こび | kobi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 媚びる | こびる | kobiru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 媚びる | こびる | kobiru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 媚びれ | こびれ | kobire | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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 | ||||
Related terms
- 媚び (kobi): obsequiousness
- 媚び諂う (kobihetsurau): be obsequious (submissively)
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