伸ばす

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese ()ばす (nobasu, to extend, to stretch, to spread).

Pronunciation

  • 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

()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. to let something grow long, to grow
    (かみ)()ばす
    kami o nobasu
    to grow hair
  2. to lengthen, to stretch
  3. to straighten out
  4. to expand, to extend, to increase, to develop
  5. to postpone, to bring up
  6. to spread
    ファンデ()ばす
    fande o nobasu
    to apply foundation evenly to the face

Conjugation

See also

References

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