みくびる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
見縊る 見くびる (most common)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みくびる [mìkúbíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) みくびる [mìkúbírú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲikɯ̟bʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

みくびる • (mikubiru) ^{←みくびる (mikubiru)?}transitive godan (stem みくびり (mikubiri), past みくびった (mikubitta))

1. to underestimate, to belittle; to despise

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	みくびら	mikubira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	みくびり	mikubiri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	みくびる	mikubiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	みくびる	mikubiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	みくびれ	mikubire
Meireikei ("imperative")	みくびれ	mikubire
Key constructions
Passive	みくびられる	mikubirareru
Causative	みくびらせる みくびらす	mikubiraseru mikubirasu
Potential	みくびれる	mikubireru
Volitional	みくびろう	mikubirō
Negative	みくびらない	mikubiranai
Negative continuative	みくびらず	mikubirazu
Formal	みくびります	mikubirimasu
Perfective	みくびった	mikubitta
Conjunctive	みくびって	mikubitte
Hypothetical conditional	みくびれば	mikubireba