"うべなう" meaning in All languages combined

See うべなう on Wiktionary

Verb [日本語]

IPA: [ɯ̟ᵝbe̞na̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
Forms: うべな, [imperfective], [imperfective], [continuative], っ [continuative], [terminal], [attributive], [hypothetical], [imperative], うべなわない [negative], 未然形 + ない [negative], うべなおう, 未然形音便 + う, うべないます [polite], 連用形 + ます [polite], うべなった [past, completive], 連用形音便 + た [past, completive], うべなう [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], うべなうこと [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], うべなえば, 仮定形 + ば, うべなえ [imperative], 命令形のみ [imperative]
  1. 宜と思う。その通りだとする。肯定する。承諾する。容認する。同意する。
    Sense id: ja-うべなう-ja-verb-hIM4FCpC
  2. 服従する。 Tags: dated
    Sense id: ja-うべなう-ja-verb-86U1xD-s Categories (other): 日本語 古用法
  3. 詫びる。 Tags: dated
    Sense id: ja-うべなう-ja-verb-TwiCso7z Categories (other): 日本語 古用法
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: うけがう, みとめる Translations: affirm (英語), accept (英語), assent (英語), permit (英語), square (英語), agree (英語), consent (英語), sympathize (英語), submit (英語), apologize (英語), excuse (英語), oneself (英語)

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "いなむ"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 動詞 ワ五",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "副詞「うべ」+接尾語「なう」。「うべ」は「なるほど」「本当に」「げに」の意。また、「なう」は名詞や形容詞の語幹の後ろに付き、直前の語の示す行為をする意を表す語。「商(あきな)う」「担(にな)う」「伴(ともな)う」の「なう」に同じ。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "うべな",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "お",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "い",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "っ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "え",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "え",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなわない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなおう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "意志・勧誘"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形音便 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "意志・勧誘"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべないます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形音便 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなうこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなえば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなえ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命令形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              56,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(森鴎外『舞姫』)",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "咄嗟",
              "とっさ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "余はおのれが信じて頼む心を生じたる人に、卒然ものを問はれたるときは、咄嗟の間、その答の範囲を善くも量らず、直ちにうべなふことあり。"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(中島敦『弟子』)",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "表面",
              "うわべ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "どしどし問返すのは、心から納得出来ないものを表面だけ諾うことの出来ぬ性分だからだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "宜と思う。その通りだとする。肯定する。承諾する。容認する。同意する。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-うべなう-ja-verb-hIM4FCpC",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "宜",
          "うべ"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "日本語 古用法",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "服従する。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-うべなう-ja-verb-86U1xD-s",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "日本語 古用法",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "詫びる。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-うべなう-ja-verb-TwiCso7z",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "うべなう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[ùbénáꜜù]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝbe̞na̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "うけがう"
    },
    {
      "word": "みとめる"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "affirm"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "accept"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "assent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "permit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "square"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "agree"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "consent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "sympathize"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "submit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "apologize"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "excuse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "oneself"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うべなう"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "いなむ"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 動詞",
    "日本語 動詞 ワ五",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "副詞「うべ」+接尾語「なう」。「うべ」は「なるほど」「本当に」「げに」の意。また、「なう」は名詞や形容詞の語幹の後ろに付き、直前の語の示す行為をする意を表す語。「商(あきな)う」「担(にな)う」「伴(ともな)う」の「なう」に同じ。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "うべな",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "お",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "い",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "っ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "え",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "え",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ワ行五段活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなわない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなおう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "意志・勧誘"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形音便 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "意志・勧誘"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべないます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ます",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形音便 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなうこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなえば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うべなえ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命令形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              56,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(森鴎外『舞姫』)",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "咄嗟",
              "とっさ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "余はおのれが信じて頼む心を生じたる人に、卒然ものを問はれたるときは、咄嗟の間、その答の範囲を善くも量らず、直ちにうべなふことあり。"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "(中島敦『弟子』)",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "表面",
              "うわべ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "どしどし問返すのは、心から納得出来ないものを表面だけ諾うことの出来ぬ性分だからだ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "宜と思う。その通りだとする。肯定する。承諾する。容認する。同意する。"
      ],
      "ruby": [
        [
          "宜",
          "うべ"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "日本語 古用法"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "服従する。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "日本語 古用法"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "詫びる。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "うべなう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[ùbénáꜜù]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝbe̞na̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "うけがう"
    },
    {
      "word": "みとめる"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "affirm"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "accept"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "assent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "permit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "square"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "agree"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "consent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "sympathize"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "submit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "apologize"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "excuse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "oneself"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うべなう"
}

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