いちびる

Japanese

Etymology

Derived from 市(いち)振(ぶ)る (ichiburu), short for an old dialectal idiom 市(いち)を振(ふ)る (ichi o furu, “to determine the price by waving one's hand at the bidding”, literally “to wave the market”), from the clamorous situations of fishery wholesaler's bidding.

Verb

いちびる • (ichibiru) intransitive godan (stem いちびり (ichibiri), past いちびった (ichibitta))

1. (Kansai) to mess around, to get carried away, to do by force in spite of being not able to

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	いちびら	ichibira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	いちびり	ichibiri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	いちびる	ichibiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	いちびる	ichibiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	いちびれ	ichibire
Meireikei ("imperative")	いちびれ	ichibire
Key constructions
Passive	いちびられる	ichibirareru
Causative	いちびらせる いちびらす	ichibiraseru ichibirasu
Potential	いちびれる	ichibireru
Volitional	いちびろう	ichibirō
Negative	いちびらない	ichibiranai
Negative continuative	いちびらず	ichibirazu
Formal	いちびります	ichibirimasu
Perfective	いちびった	ichibitta
Conjunctive	いちびって	ichibitte
Hypothetical conditional	いちびれば	ichibireba

Synonyms

• ほたえる (hotaeru): (Kansai) be noisy, clown around
• 巫(ふ)山(ざ)戯(け)る (fuzakeru): joke around, mess around
• 付(つ)け上(あ)がる (tsukeagaru): be puffed up, be conceited
• 調(ちょう)子(し)に乗(の)る (chōshi ni noru): push one's luck, get carried away

Related terms

• いちびり (ichibiri): (Kansai) messing around for showing off, becoming noisy in pushing one's luck, prankster, joker