JLPT N2 · Verb

錆びる (sabiru)

錆びる (さびる, sabiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to rust; to become rusty”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さびる
Romaji: sabiru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to rust; to become rusty · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

雨の中に放置しておくと自転車はさびるでしょう。

A bicycle will rust if you leave it in the rain.

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Conjugation of 錆びる

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	錆びる	さびる sabiru
Polite (~masu)	錆びます	さびます sabimasu
Negative	錆びない	さびない sabinai
Polite negative	錆びません	さびません sabimasen
Past	錆びた	さびた sabita
Polite past	錆びました	さびました sabimashita
Negative past	錆びなかった	さびなかった sabinakatta
Te-form	錆びて	さびて sabite
Potential	錆びられる	さびられる sabirareru
Passive	錆びられる	さびられる sabirareru
Causative	錆びさせる	さびさせる sabisaseru
Volitional	錆びよう	さびよう sabiyou
Imperative	錆びろ	さびろ sabiro
Conditional (~ba)	錆びれば	さびれば sabireba

Kanji in 錆びる

錆

rust, tarnishショウ・セイ・さび・くわ.しい · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 錆びる.

錆さびrust

Source: JMdict entry 1299640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.