Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Cognate with Japanese ()ばす (nobasu).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「伸ばす
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
伸ばす [nòbáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 伸ばせ [nòbáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 伸ばされる ばされ [nòbásáréꜜrù]
Causative 伸ばさせる ばさせ [nòbásáséꜜrù]
Potential 伸ばせる ばせ [nòbáséꜜrù]
Volitional 伸ばそう ばそ [nòbásóꜜò]
Negative 伸ばさない ばさない [nòbásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 伸ばさなかった ばさなかった [nòbásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 伸ばします ばしま [nòbáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 伸ばした した [nòbáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 伸ばして して [nòbáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 伸ばせば せば [nòbáꜜsèbà]

Verb

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()ばす (nobasutransitive godan (stem ()ばし (nobashi), past ()ばした (nobashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 伸ばす
mediopassive 伸びる
  1. let something grow long
    (かみ)()ばす
    kami o nobasu
    to grow hair
  2. straighten out
  3. expand, extend, increase
  4. spread
    ファンデ()ばす
    fande o nobasu
    to apply foundation evenly to the face

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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