怯える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怯
おび
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare 脅(おびや)かす (obiyakasu, “to frighten”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おびえる [òbíérú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) おびえ​る [òbíéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [o̞bʲie̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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

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