Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うべな
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
諾なう
宜なう
宜う

Etymology edit

From (うべ) (ube, indeed, truly, that is so) + verb-forming suffix なふ (nafu).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝbe̞na̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb edit

(うべな) (ubenautransitive godan (stem (うべな) (ubenai), past (うべな)った (ubenatta))

  1. to affirm
  2. to say yes; to accept, to agree, to assent

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