延べる

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
延
の
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

From the classical lower bigrade verb(バ行下二段活用) のぶ. Cognate with Japanese 伸(の)べる (noberu) and 述(の)べる (noberu).

Verb

延(の)べる • (noberu) transitive ichidan (stem 延(の)べ (nobe), past 延(の)べた (nobeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 延べる
mediopassive 延びる
  1. to delay; to postpone
    出(しゅっ)発(ぱつ)の期(き)日(じつ)を延(の)べる
    shuppatsu no kijitsu o noberu
    to postpone the date of departure
  2. (archaic) to extend one's life

Conjugation

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