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Etymology

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

From the classical upper bigrade verb (バ行上二段活用) 浴ぶ, possibly from Old Japanese 浴む (amu), following 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, upper bigrade conjugation).

Cognate with Okinawan 浴みゆん (amiyun).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「浴びる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
浴びる びる [àbírú]
Imperative (命令形) 浴びろ びろ [àbíró]
Key constructions
Passive 浴びられる びられる [àbírárérú]
Causative 浴びさせる びさせる [àbísásérú]
Potential 浴びられる びられる [àbírárérú]
Volitional 浴びよう びよ [àbíyóꜜò]
Negative 浴びない びない [àbínáí]
Negative perfective 浴びなかった びなかった [àbínáꜜkàttà]
Formal 浴びます びま [àbímáꜜsù]
Perfective 浴びた びた [àbítá]
Conjunctive 浴びて びて [àbíté]
Hypothetical conditional 浴びれば びれ [àbíréꜜbà]

Verb

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()びる (abirutransitive or intransitive ichidan (stem () (abi), past ()びた (abita))

  1. to bathe, to shower, to take a bath
    風呂(ふろ)()びてくる。
    Ofuro o abite kuru.
    I'll take a bath.
    シャワーを()びてくる。
    Shawā o abite kuru.
    I'll take a shower.
  2. to pour or have something poured on oneself; be bathed, bask (in sunlight)
    日光(にっこう)()びる体内時計(たいないどけい)がリセットされる。
    Nikkō o abiru to tainaidokei ga risetto sareru.
    Exposure to sunlight resets the biological clock.
  3. be washed (by the waves)
  4. to suffer (e.g. an attack); to have abuse heaped upon; to draw criticism upon oneself
    罵声(ばせい)()びることもある。
    Basei o abiru koto mo aru.
    Sometimes you get jeered at.
    集中砲火(しゅうちゅうほうか)()びる
    Shūchū hōka o abiru.
    To come under concentrated fire. (literally or figuratively)

Conjugation

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References

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