怯える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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 (おびや)かす (obiyakasu, to frighten).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びえる [òbíérú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) びえ [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 びえる [òbíérú]
Imperative (命令形) 怯えろ びえろ [òbíéró]
Key constructions
Passive 怯えられる びえられる [òbíérárérú]
Causative 怯えさせる びえさせる [òbíésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 怯えよう びえよ [òbíéyóꜜò]
Negative 怯えない びえない [òbíénáí]
Negative perfective 怯えなかった びえなかった [òbíénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 怯えます びえま [òbíémáꜜsù]
Perfective 怯えた びえた [òbíétá]
Conjunctive 怯えて びえて [òbíété]
Hypothetical conditional 怯えれば びえれ [òbíéréꜜbà]

Verb

(おび)える (obieru) intransitive ichidan (stem (おび) (obie), past (おび)えた (obieta))

  1. to be frightened

Conjugation

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