JLPT N1 · Verb

聳える (sobieru)

聳える (そびえる, sobieru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
そびえる
Romaji
sobieru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

その峰は雲の上にそびえている。
The peak rises above the clouds.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 聳える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary聳えるそびえる sobieru
Polite (~masu)聳えますそびえます sobiemasu
Negative聳えないそびえない sobienai
Polite negative聳えませんそびえません sobiemasen
Past聳えたそびえた sobieta
Polite past聳えましたそびえました sobiemashita
Negative past聳えなかったそびえなかった sobienakatta
Te-form聳えてそびえて sobiete
Potential聳えられるそびえられる sobierareru
Passive聳えられるそびえられる sobierareru
Causative聳えさせるそびえさせる sobiesaseru
Volitional聳えようそびえよう sobieyou
Imperative聳えろそびえろ sobiero
Conditional (~ba)聳えればそびえれば sobiereba

Kanji in 聳える

Source: JMdict entry 1570770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.