I Love Kanji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
- to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
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.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 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.