Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ねば
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "粘る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
粘る [nèbáꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 粘れ [nèbáꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 粘られる ばられ [nèbáráréꜜrù]
Causative 粘らせる ばらせ [nèbáráséꜜrù]
Potential 粘れる ばれ [nèbáréꜜrù]
Volitional 粘ろう ばろ [nèbáróꜜò]
Negative 粘らない ばらない [nèbáráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 粘らなかった ばらなかった [nèbáráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 粘ります ばりま [nèbárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 粘った った [nèbáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 粘って って [nèbáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 粘れば れば [nèbáꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

(ねば) (nebaruintransitive godan (stem (ねば) (nebari), past (ねば)った (nebatta))

  1. be sticky to the touch, be adhesive
  2. to persist, to stick to doing something, hold out, hang on

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