威張る (いばる, ibaru) Japanese meaning: act big | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000威張る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 威張る | 威張らない |
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| Polite | 威張ります | 威張りません |
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| Past polite | 威張りました | 威張りませんでした |
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| Past | 威張った | 威張らなかった |
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| Te-form | 威張って | 威張らないで |
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| Desire | 威張りたい | 威張りたくない |
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| Potential | 威張れる | 威張れない |
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| Passive | 威張られる | 威張られない |
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| Causative | 威張らせる | 威張らせない |
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| Causative passive | 威張らせられるalso 威張らされる | 威張らせられないalso 威張らされない |
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| Volitional | 威張ろう | |
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| Polite volitional | 威張りましょう | |
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| Imperative | 威張れ | 威張るな |
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| Conditional | 威張れば | 威張らなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 威張ったら | 威張らなかったら |
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が
、
部
下
に
は
威
張
る
。
He's meek in front of his boss, but he acts big with his subordinates.
You don't have to be so bossy, do you?
Usage patterns
〈人〉に威張るto lord it over someone / boss someone around
He's always bossing his subordinates around.
〈事〉のことで威張るto act superior about something
He's showing off arrogantly about his grades.
威張った態度an arrogant, high-handed attitude
The new boss treats his subordinates with an arrogant attitude.
throw one's weight around; act high and mighty; be puffed up
throw one's weight around; lord it over; domineer
Dialectal or colloquial variant; less common than いばる.
