Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひび
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
響く (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Likely derived from a mimetic word, via reduplication. Cognate with Okinawan 響ちゅん (fibichun).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "響く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
響く [hìbíꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 響け [hìbíꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 響かれる びかれ [hìbíkáréꜜrù]
Causative 響かせる びかせ [hìbíkáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 響こう びこ [hìbíkóꜜò]
Negative 響かない びかない [hìbíkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 響かなかった びかなかった [hìbíkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 響きます びきま [hìbíkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 響いた いた [hìbíꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 響いて いて [hìbíꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 響けば けば [hìbíꜜkèbà]

Verb edit

(ひび) (hibikuintransitive godan (stem (ひび) (hibiki), past (ひび)いた (hibiita))

  1. to echo, to resound
  2. to hit (one's heart), to touch (the audience)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN