I Love Kanji詫びる (wabiru)
詫びる (わびる, wabiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to apologize; to apologise”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- わびる
- Romaji
- wabiru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
その男は私の足を踏んだのにわびることさえしなかった。
The man did not so much as apologize for stepping on my foot.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 詫びる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 詫びる | わびる wabiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 詫びます | わびます wabimasu |
| Negative | 詫びない | わびない wabinai |
| Polite negative | 詫びません | わびません wabimasen |
| Past | 詫びた | わびた wabita |
| Polite past | 詫びました | わびました wabimashita |
| Negative past | 詫びなかった | わびなかった wabinakatta |
| Te-form | 詫びて | わびて wabite |
| Potential | 詫びられる | わびられる wabirareru |
| Passive | 詫びられる | わびられる wabirareru |
| Causative | 詫びさせる | わびさせる wabisaseru |
| Volitional | 詫びよう | わびよう wabiyou |
| Imperative | 詫びろ | わびろ wabiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 詫びれば | わびれば wabireba |
Kanji in 詫びる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 詫びる.
Source: JMdict entry 1606790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.