怯える

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
おび
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
脅える (less common)

Etymology[edit]

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Compare (おびや)かす (obiyakasu, to frighten).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "怯える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
怯える びえる [òbíérú]
Imperative (命令形) 怯えろ びえろ [òbíéró]
Key constructions
Passive 怯えられる びえられる [òbíérárérú]
Causative 怯えさせる びえさせる [òbíésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 怯えよう びえよ [òbíéyóꜜò]
Negative 怯えない びえない [òbíénáí]
Negative perfective 怯えなかった びえなかった [òbíénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 怯えます びえま [òbíémáꜜsù]
Perfective 怯えた びえた [òbíétá]
Conjunctive 怯えて びえて [òbíété]
Hypothetical conditional 怯えれば びえれ [òbíéréꜜbà]

Verb[edit]

(おび)える (obieruintransitive ichidan (stem (おび) (obie), past (おび)えた (obieta))

  1. to be frightened

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN