伸びる
Japanese
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 伸 |
| の Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Cognate with Japanese 延びる (nobiru).
Verb
伸びる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana のびる, rōmaji nobiru)
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | 伸ばす |
| mediopassive | 伸びる |
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | 伸べる |
| mediopassive | 伸びる |
- to stretch, to extend, to be developed.
- (of noodles) to become soft and soggy (from absorbing too much soup).
- 早く食べないと麺が伸びちゃうよ。
- Hayaku tabenai to men ga nobichau yo.
- If you don't eat them quickly the noodles will go soft.
- 早く食べないと麺が伸びちゃうよ。
- (of online videos) to accumulate views
Conjugation
Conjugation of "伸びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 伸び | のび | nobi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 伸び | のび | nobi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 伸びる | のびる | nobiru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 伸びる | のびる | nobiru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 伸びれ | のびれ | nobire | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 伸びよ¹ 伸びろ² | のびよ¹ のびろ² | nobiyo¹ nobiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 伸びられる | のびられる | nobirareru | |
| Causative | 伸びさせる 伸びさす | のびさせる のびさす | nobisaseru nobisasu | |
| Potential | 伸びられる 伸びれる³ | のびられる のびれる³ | nobirareru nobireru³ | |
| Volitional | 伸びよう | のびよう | nobiyō | |
| Negative | 伸びない 伸びぬ 伸びん | のびない のびぬ のびん | nobinai nobinu nobin | |
| Negative continuative | 伸びず | のびず | nobizu | |
| Formal | 伸びます | のびます | nobimasu | |
| Perfective | 伸びた | のびた | nobita | |
| Conjunctive | 伸びて | のびて | nobite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 伸びれば | のびれば | nobireba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Classical conjugation of "伸ぶ" (バ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 伸び | のび | nobi |
| Continuative (連用形) | 伸び | のび | nobi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 伸ぶ | のぶ | nobu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 伸ぶる | のぶる | noburu |
| Realis (已然形) | 伸ぶれ | のぶれ | nobure |
| Imperative (命令形) | 伸びよ | のびよ | nobiyo |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 伸びず | のびず | nobizu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 伸ぶれど | のぶれど | noburedo |
| Causal conjunction | 伸ぶれば | のぶれば | nobureba |
| Conditional conjunction | 伸びば | のびば | nobiba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 伸びき | のびき | nobiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 伸びけり | のびけり | nobikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 伸びつ | のびつ | nobitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 伸びぬ | のびぬ | nobinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 伸びたり | のびたり | nobitari |
Related terms
- 伸ばす (nobasu): (transitive verb) lengthen, stretch, extend, develop, postpone, bring up