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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [t͡ɕibʲiɾɯ̟]
Etymology: /tubu/ → /t͡subu/ → /t͡ɕibu/ → (grammatical shift) /t͡ɕibiru/ Shift from earlier form 禿ぶ (tsubu, “to become round and small, such as from wear; to become bald”). Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; small thing”), 円ら (tsubura, “round and plump; small and round”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|wear_down}} Head templates: {{ja-verb|tr=intrans|type=2}} ちびる • (chibiru) intransitive ichidan (stem ちび (chibi), past ちびた (chibita)) Forms: chibiru [romanization], ちび [stem], ちびた [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ちび [error-unrecognized-form], chibi [error-unrecognized-form], ちびる [error-unrecognized-form], chibiru [error-unrecognized-form], ちびれ [error-unrecognized-form], chibire [error-unrecognized-form], ちびよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ちびろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], chibiyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], chibiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ちびられる [passive], chibirareru [passive], ちびさせる [causative], ちびさす [causative], chibisaseru [causative], chibisasu [causative], ちびられる [potential], ちびれる [colloquial, potential], chibirareru [potential], chibireru [colloquial, potential], ちびよう [volitional], chibiyō [volitional], ちびない [negative], ちびぬ [negative], ちびん [negative], chibinai [negative], chibinu [negative], chibin [negative], ちびず [continuative, negative], chibizu [continuative, negative], ちびます [formal], chibimasu [formal], ちびた [perfective], chibita [perfective], ちびて [conjunctive], chibite [conjunctive], ちびれば [conditional, hypothetical], chibireba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to wear down and become small Derived forms: 禿び筆 (chibifude) (ruby: 禿(), (ふで)) (english: a worn-down calligraphy brush), 禿る (ruby: 禿(ちび)) (alt: chibiru, 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, )) (english: to wear down and become small; quadrigrade conjugation) [rare], ちび (chibi) (english: runt, pipsqueak)
    Sense id: en-ちびる-ja-verb-wuDzGPHF Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru: 13 11 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 27 22 29 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 15 36 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [t͡ɕibʲiɾɯ̟]
Etymology: Possibly derived from the underlying sense of little bit, small amount of noun 粒 (tsubu, root of homophonous verb 禿びる (“to wear down”)), or a shift in sense from that verb. First attested in a work from 1772. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|leak}} Head templates: {{ja-verb|type=1}} ちびる • (chibiru) godan (stem ちびり (chibiri), past ちびった (chibitta)) Forms: chibiru [romanization], ちびり [stem], ちびった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], ちびら [error-unrecognized-form], chibira [error-unrecognized-form], ちびり [error-unrecognized-form], chibiri [error-unrecognized-form], ちびる [error-unrecognized-form], chibiru [error-unrecognized-form], ちびれ [error-unrecognized-form], chibire [error-unrecognized-form], ちびられる [passive], chibirareru [passive], ちびらせる [causative], ちびらす [causative], chibiraseru [causative], chibirasu [causative], ちびれる [potential], chibireru [potential], ちびろう [volitional], chibirō [volitional], ちびらない [negative], chibiranai [negative], ちびらず [continuative, negative], chibirazu [continuative, negative], ちびります [formal], chibirimasu [formal], ちびった [perfective], chibitta [perfective], ちびって [conjunctive], chibitte [conjunctive], ちびれば [conditional, hypothetical], chibireba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (informal) to stint, to pay out or use something in a stingy fashion Tags: informal Synonyms: 出し惜しむ, けちけち
    Sense id: en-ちびる-ja-verb-bcjPDrzi Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru: 13 11 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 27 22 29 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 11 40 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 14 39 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 13 39 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 11 40 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 15 36 38
  2. (informal) to leak something out a little bit at a time; (by extension) to urinate or defecate a small amount Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ちびる-ja-verb-WQ5-ZLJx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 47 46 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru: 13 11 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 27 22 29 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 8 42 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 11 40 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 14 39 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 13 39 39 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 20 18 38 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 11 40 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 15 36 38
  3. (informal) to drink a little bit at a time, to sip slowly, to nurse one's drink Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ちびる-ja-verb-ksgYG9jx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 47 46 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru: 13 11 38 38 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 27 22 29 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 8 42 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 11 40 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 14 39 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 13 39 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 11 40 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 15 36 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "form": "ちびさす",
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      "form": "chibireru",
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      "form": "ちびよう",
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    {
      "form": "chibiyō",
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    {
      "form": "ちびない",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "ちびぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "ちびん",
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    {
      "form": "chibinai",
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      "form": "chibinu",
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      "form": "chibin",
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      "form": "ちびず",
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    {
      "form": "chibizu",
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      "form": "ちびます",
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      "form": "chibimasu",
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      "form": "ちびた",
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      "form": "chibita",
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      "form": "ちびて",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "chibite",
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      "form": "ちびれば",
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      "form": "chibireba",
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      "other": "ちびる"
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕibʲiɾɯ̟]"
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      "form": "ちびれ",
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      "form": "chibire",
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      "form": "chibirasu",
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      "form": "ちびれる",
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      "form": "chibireru",
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      "form": "ちびろう",
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      "form": "ちびらない",
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      "form": "chibiranai",
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      "form": "ちびらず",
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    {
      "form": "chibirazu",
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      "form": "ちびります",
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      "form": "chibirimasu",
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      "form": "ちびった",
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      "form": "chibitta",
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          "word": "出し惜しむ"
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        {
          "_dis": "27 22 29 22",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "8 8 42 43",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 11 40 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 14 39 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 13 39 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 18 38 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 11 40 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 15 36 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "to leak something out a little bit at a time; (by extension) to urinate or defecate a small amount"
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          "leak"
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          "defecate",
          "defecate"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to leak something out a little bit at a time; (by extension) to urinate or defecate a small amount"
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "3 4 47 46",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 11 38 38",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 22 29 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 42 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 11 40 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 14 39 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 13 39 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 11 40 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 15 36 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to drink a little bit at a time, to sip slowly, to nurse one's drink"
      ],
      "id": "en-ちびる-ja-verb-ksgYG9jx",
      "links": [
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ],
        [
          "sip",
          "sip"
        ],
        [
          "nurse",
          "nurse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to drink a little bit at a time, to sip slowly, to nurse one's drink"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちびる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕibʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "ちびる"
}
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    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -iru",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
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    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese kami ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "a worn-down calligraphy brush",
      "roman": "chibifude",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "禿",
          "ち"
        ],
        [
          "筆",
          "ふで"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "禿び筆"
    },
    {
      "alt": "chibiru, 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, )",
      "english": "to wear down and become small; quadrigrade conjugation",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "禿",
          "ちび"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "禿る"
    },
    {
      "english": "runt, pipsqueak",
      "roman": "chibi",
      "word": "ちび"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "wear_down"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/tubu/ → /t͡subu/ → /t͡ɕibu/ → (grammatical shift) /t͡ɕibiru/\nShift from earlier form 禿ぶ (tsubu, “to become round and small, such as from wear; to become bald”). Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; small thing”), 円ら (tsubura, “round and plump; small and round”).",
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      "form": "chibiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちび",
      "roman": "chibi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびた",
      "roman": "chibita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちび",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chibi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "ちびる • (chibiru) intransitive ichidan (stem ちび (chibi), past ちびた (chibita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wear down and become small"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wear",
          "wear"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちびる"
    },
    {
      "other": "ちびる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕibʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちびる"
}

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    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly derived from the underlying sense of little bit, small amount of noun 粒 (tsubu, root of homophonous verb 禿びる (“to wear down”)), or a shift in sense from that verb.\nFirst attested in a work from 1772.",
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    {
      "form": "chibiru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ちびり",
      "roman": "chibiri",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ちびった",
      "roman": "chibitta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chibira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibiri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibiraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibirasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibirō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibiranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibirazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibirimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibitta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibitte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chibireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Japanese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stint, to pay out or use something in a stingy fashion"
      ],
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        [
          "stint",
          "stint"
        ],
        [
          "pay out",
          "pay out"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
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          "stingy",
          "stingy"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to stint, to pay out or use something in a stingy fashion"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "出し惜しむ"
        },
        {
          "word": "けちけち"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
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        "Japanese informal terms"
      ],
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        "to leak something out a little bit at a time; (by extension) to urinate or defecate a small amount"
      ],
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        [
          "leak",
          "leak"
        ],
        [
          "urinate",
          "urinate"
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        [
          "defecate",
          "defecate"
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        "(informal) to leak something out a little bit at a time; (by extension) to urinate or defecate a small amount"
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    },
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        "Japanese informal terms"
      ],
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        "to drink a little bit at a time, to sip slowly, to nurse one's drink"
      ],
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          "drink",
          "drink"
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        [
          "sip",
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        ],
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          "nurse",
          "nurse"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) to drink a little bit at a time, to sip slowly, to nurse one's drink"
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちびる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕibʲiɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "ちびる"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "ちびる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ちびる",
  "trace": ""
}

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