偲ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偲
しの Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
慕ぶ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しの​ぶ [shìnóꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕino̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

偲(しの)ぶ • (shinobu) godan (stem 偲(しの)び (shinobi), past 偲(しの)んだ (shinonda))

1. to recall, reminisce; to imagine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "偲ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	偲ば	しのば	shinoba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	偲び	しのび	shinobi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	偲ぶ	しのぶ	shinobu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	偲ぶ	しのぶ	shinobu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	偲べ	しのべ	shinobe
Meireikei ("imperative")	偲べ	しのべ	shinobe
Key constructions
Passive	偲ばれる	しのばれる	shinobareru
Causative	偲ばせる 偲ばす	しのばせる しのばす	shinobaseru shinobasu
Potential	偲べる	しのべる	shinoberu
Volitional	偲ぼう	しのぼう	shinobō
Negative	偲ばない	しのばない	shinobanai
Negative continuative	偲ばず	しのばず	shinobazu
Formal	偲びます	しのびます	shinobimasu
Perfective	偲んだ	しのんだ	shinonda
Conjunctive	偲んで	しのんで	shinonde
Hypothetical conditional	偲べば	しのべば	shinobeba

Classical conjugation of "偲ぶ" (バ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	偲ば	しのば	sinoba
Continuative (連用形)	偲び	しのび	sinobi
Terminal (終止形)	偲ぶ	しのぶ	sinobu
Attributive (連体形)	偲ぶ	しのぶ	sinobu
Realis (已然形)	偲べ	しのべ	sinobe
Imperative (命令形)	偲べ	しのべ	sinobe
Key constructions
Negative	偲ばず	しのばず	sinobazu
Contrasting conjunction	偲べど	しのべど	sinobedo
Causal conjunction	偲べば	しのべば	sinobeba
Conditional conjunction	偲ばば	しのばば	sinobaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	偲びき	しのびき	sinobiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	偲びけり	しのびけり	sinobikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	偲びつ	しのびつ	sinobitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	偲びぬ	しのびぬ	sinobinu
Perfect-continuative tense	偲べり 偲びたり	しのべり しのびたり	sinoberi sinobitari
Volitional	偲ばむ	しのばむ	sinobamu