I Love Kanji学ぶ (manabu)
学ぶ (まなぶ, manabu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to learn; to study”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まなぶ
- Romaji
- manabu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to learn; to study; to take lessons in · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 学ぶ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 学ぶ | まなぶ manabu |
| Polite (~masu) | 学びます | まなびます manabimasu |
| Negative | 学ばない | まなばない manabanai |
| Polite negative | 学びません | まなびません manabimasen |
| Past | 学んだ | まなんだ mananda |
| Polite past | 学びました | まなびました manabimashita |
| Negative past | 学ばなかった | まなばなかった manabanakatta |
| Te-form | 学んで | まなんで manande |
| Potential | 学べる | まなべる manaberu |
| Passive | 学ばれる | まなばれる manabareru |
| Causative | 学ばせる | まなばせる manabaseru |
| Volitional | 学ぼう | まなぼう manabou |
| Imperative | 学べ | まなべ manabe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 学べば | まなべば manabeba |
Kanji in 学ぶ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 学ぶ.
学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)学校がっこうschool大学だいがくuniversity留学生りゅうがくせいoverseas student医学いがくmedicine学部がくぶfaculty (of a university)科学かがくscience入学にゅうがくadmission (to a school or university)文学ぶんがくliterature数学すうがくmathematics大学生だいがくせいuniversity student中学校ちゅうがっこうjunior high school小学校しょうがっこうprimary school学がくlearning
Source: JMdict entry 1206530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.