述べる

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
述
の
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
叙べる

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

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "述べる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
述べる のべ​る [nòbéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 述べろ のべ​ろ [nòbéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 述べられる のべられ​る [nòbéráréꜜrù]
Causative 述べさせる のべさせ​る [nòbésáséꜜrù]
Potential 述べられる のべられ​る [nòbéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 述べよう のべよ​ー [nòbéyóꜜò]
Negative 述べない のべ​ない [nòbéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 述べなかった のべ​なかった [nòbéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 述べます のべま​す [nòbémáꜜsù]
Perfective 述べた の​べた [nóꜜbètà]
Conjunctive 述べて の​べて [nóꜜbètè]
Hypothetical conditional 述べれば のべ​れば [nòbéꜜrèbà]

Verb

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

  1. To express or state something.
    彼(かれ)が自(じ)分(ぶん)の意(い)見(けん)を述(の)べた。
    Kare ga jibun no iken o nobeta.
    He expressed his own opinion.
    以(い)前(ぜん)に述(の)べた通(とお)り
    izen ni nobeta-tōri
    as stated previously

Usage notes

A common construction for using this verb would be:

  • 誰が何を述べる
    [who]が[what]をのべる
    [who] ga [what] o noberu
    [who] expresses [what]

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • 宣べる
  • 陳べる

Synonyms

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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