あくび・欠伸・欠akubi[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbyawn; yawning
    あの先生せんせいの講義こうぎはあくびが出でる。↗
    His lectures are terribly boring.
  2. nounkanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
Conjugation
Dictionary formあくびする
Polite (masu)あくびします
Negative (nai)あくびしない
polite (masen)あくびしません
classical zu / nuあくびせず・あくびせぬ
Past (ta)あくびした
polite (mashita)あくびしました
Past negative (nakatta)あくびしなかった
polite (masen deshita)あくびしませんでした
Te formあくびして
Potentialあくびできる
Passiveあくびされる
Causativeあくびさせる
Causative passiveあくびさせられる
Conditional (ba)あくびすれば
taraあくびしたら
Volitionalあくびしよう
polite (mashou)あくびしましょう
Imperativeあくびしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Japanese definitions
  1. 眠ねむいときや疲つかれたときに、口くちを大おおきく開あけて深ふかく息いきを吸すう動作どうさ。
  2. 漢字かんじの部首ぶしゅの一ひとつ。「欠けつ」の字じを示しめす部首ぶしゅ。

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