茂さぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しみ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
繁さぶ

Etymology

(しみ) (shimi, growing thickly, an element also found in (しみ) (shimini)[1]) + さぶ (-sabu, to act like, to become like (the noun suffixed)[1][2], a suffix which forms upper bigrade conjugation verbs from nouns[1][2], superseded by さびる (-sabiru))

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕimʲisa̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(しみ)さぶ • (shimisabu) intransitive nidan

  1. (of vegetation) to grow thick
    Synonym: 繁茂する (hanmo suru)

Conjugation

References

  1. 茂さぶ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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