# 帯びる
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 帯
* お Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 帶びる (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

From Old Japanese 帯ぶ (obu), then following 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”). Later on, it shifted to 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”), the precursor to the modern 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おびる [òbíꜜrù] (Nakadaka –)
* (Tokyo) おびる [òbírú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞bʲiɾɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「帯びる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 帯びる | おびる | [òbíꜜrù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 帯びろ | おびろ | [òbíꜜrò] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 帯びられる | おびられる | [òbíráréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 帯びさせる | おびさせる | [òbísáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | - | - | - |
| Volitional | 帯びよう | おびよー | [òbíyóꜜò] |
| Negative | 帯びない | おびない | [òbíꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 帯びなかった | おびなかった | [òbíꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 帯びます | おびます | [òbímáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 帯びた | おびた | [óꜜbìtà] |
| Conjunctive | 帯びて | おびて | [óꜜbìtè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 帯びれば | おびれば | [òbíꜜrèbà] |

### Verb

帯(お)びる • (obiru) ichidan (stem 帯(お)び (obi), past 帯(お)びた (obita))
* to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry
    彼(かれ)の帯(お)びた刃(やいば)は佳(か)でしたね。
       Kare no obita yaiba wa ka deshita ne.
       The sword he was wearing/carrying was beautiful.
* to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on
* to have a trace of; to be tinged with
    壁(かべ)は血(ち)帯(お)びました。
       Kabe wa chi-obimashita.
       The walls were stained with blood.
    哀愁(あいしゅう)を帯(お)びた横顔(よこがお)
       aishū o obita yokogao
       a side profile draped in melancholy

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 帯び | おび | obi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 帯び | おび | obi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 帯びる | おびる | obiru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 帯びる | おびる | obiru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 帯びれ | おびれ | obire |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 帯びよ¹ 帯びろ² | おびよ¹ おびろ² | obiyo¹ obiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 帯びられる | おびられる | obirareru |
| Causative | 帯びさせる 帯びさす | おびさせる おびさす | obisaseru obisasu |
| Potential | 帯びられる 帯びれる³ | おびられる おびれる³ | obirareru obireru³ |
| Volitional | 帯びよう | おびよう | obiyō |
| Negative | 帯びない 帯びぬ 帯びん | おびない おびぬ おびん | obinai obinu obin |
| Negative continuative | 帯びず | おびず | obizu |
| Formal | 帯びます | おびます | obimasu |
| Perfective | 帯びた | おびた | obita |
| Conjunctive | 帯びて | おびて | obite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 帯びれば | おびれば | obireba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

### References

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* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN