媚びる (こびる, kobiru) Japanese meaning: flatter | KotomoraFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000媚びる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 媚びる | 媚びない |
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| Polite | 媚びます | 媚びません |
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| Past polite | 媚びました | 媚びませんでした |
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| Past | 媚びた | 媚びなかった |
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| Te-form | 媚びて | 媚びないで |
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| Desire | 媚びたい | 媚びたくない |
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| Potential | 媚びられるalso 媚びれる | 媚びられないalso 媚びれない |
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| Passive | 媚びられる | 媚びられない |
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| Causative | 媚びさせる | 媚びさせない |
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| Causative passive | 媚びさせられる | 媚びさせられない |
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| Volitional | 媚びよう | |
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| Polite volitional | 媚びましょう | |
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| Imperative | 媚びろ | 媚びるな |
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| Conditional | 媚びれば | 媚びなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 媚びたら | 媚びなかったら |
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媚
び
て
ばかり
いる
。
He's always sucking up to his boss.
You should stop that fawning attitude.
Usage patterns
〈人〉に媚びるto curry favor with / fawn over someone
He acts in a way that tries to curry favor with his boss.
男に媚びる(of a woman) to flirt with / make eyes at a man
At the party, she gave a coquettish smile as if flirting with the man.
権力に媚びるto pander to those in power
She never pandered to those in power and stuck to her own opinions.
