延べる

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

From the classical lower bigrade verb(バ行下二段活用) のぶ. Cognate with Japanese ()べる (noberu) and ()べる (noberu).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [nòbéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [no̞be̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

()べる • (noberutransitive ichidan (stem () (nobe), past ()べた (nobeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 延べる
mediopassive 延びる
  1. to delay; to postpone
    (しゅっ)(ぱつ)()(じつ)()べる
    shuppatsu no kijitsu o noberu
    to postpone the date of departure
  2. (archaic) to extend one's life

Conjugation