怯える

Japanese

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

Etymology

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Compare 脅(おびや)かす (obiyakasu, “to frighten”).

Pronunciation

  • 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 おびえる [òbíérú]
Imperative (命令形) 怯えろ おびえろ [òbíéró]
Key constructions
Passive 怯えられる おびえられる [òbíérárérú]
Causative 怯えさせる おびえさせる [òbíésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 怯えよう おびえよ​ー [òbíéyóꜜò]
Negative 怯えない おびえない [òbíénáí]
Negative perfective 怯えなかった おびえな​かった [òbíénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 怯えます おびえま​す [òbíémáꜜsù]
Perfective 怯えた おびえた [òbíétá]
Conjunctive 怯えて おびえて [òbíété]
Hypothetical conditional 怯えれば おびえれ​ば [òbíéréꜜbà]

Verb

怯(おび)える • (obieru) intransitive ichidan (stem 怯(おび)え (obie), past 怯(おび)えた (obieta))

  1. to be frightened

Conjugation

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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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