侘びる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
侘
わ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 詫びる (wabiru).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わび​る [wàbíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) わびる [wàbírú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠bʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

侘(わ)びる • (wabiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 侘(わ)び (wabi), past 侘(わ)びた (wabita))

1. to long for, worry
2. to apologize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "侘びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	侘び	わび	wabi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	侘び	わび	wabi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	侘びる	わびる	wabiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	侘びる	わびる	wabiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	侘びれ	わびれ	wabire
Meireikei ("imperative")	侘びよ¹ 侘びろ²	わびよ¹ わびろ²	wabiyo¹ wabiro²
Key constructions
Passive	侘びられる	わびられる	wabirareru
Causative	侘びさせる 侘びさす	わびさせる わびさす	wabisaseru wabisasu
Potential	侘びられる 侘びれる³	わびられる わびれる³	wabirareru wabireru³
Volitional	侘びよう	わびよう	wabiyō
Negative	侘びない 侘びぬ 侘びん	わびない わびぬ わびん	wabinai wabinu wabin
Negative continuative	侘びず	わびず	wabizu
Formal	侘びます	わびます	wabimasu
Perfective	侘びた	わびた	wabita
Conjunctive	侘びて	わびて	wabite
Hypothetical conditional	侘びれば	わびれば	wabireba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

• 侘(わ)び (wabi)
• 侘(わび)しい (wabishii)