侘びる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
侘
わ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 詫びる (wabiru).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

侘(わ)びる • (wabiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 侘(わ)び (wabi), past 侘(わ)びた (wabita))

  1. to long for, worry
  2. to apologize

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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