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伸びる
伸びる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 伸 |
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の Grade: S |
See also 延びる
Verb
伸びる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana のびる, romaji nobiru)
- 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Potential | 伸びられる 伸びれる³ |
のびられる のびれる³ |
nobirareru nobireru³ |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
Related terms
- 伸ばす (nobasu): (transitive verb) lengthen, stretch, extend, develop, postpone, bring up