JLPT N1 · Verb

帯びる (obiru)

帯びる (おびる, obiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おびる
Romaji
obiru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to bear · ichidan verb, transitive · occ. written as 佩びる
  2. to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to take on · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of; to be tinged with · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私は重大使命をおびている。
I am charged with an important mission.
この歌は哀調をおびている。
This song sounds sad.

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

Conjugation of 帯びる

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary帯びるおびる obiru
Polite (~masu)帯びますおびます obimasu
Negative帯びないおびない obinai
Polite negative帯びませんおびません obimasen
Past帯びたおびた obita
Polite past帯びましたおびました obimashita
Negative past帯びなかったおびなかった obinakatta
Te-form帯びておびて obite
Potential帯びられるおびられる obirareru
Passive帯びられるおびられる obirareru
Causative帯びさせるおびさせる obisaseru
Volitional帯びようおびよう obiyou
Imperative帯びろおびろ obiro
Conditional (~ba)帯びればおびれば obireba

Kanji in 帯びる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 帯びる.

Source: JMdict entry 1410430 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.