諾う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諾
うべな
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
諾なう
宜なう
宜う

Etymology

From 宜(うべ) (ube, “indeed, truly, that is so”) + verb-forming suffix なふ (nafu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝbe̞na̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

諾(うべな)う • (ubenau) transitive godan (stem 諾(うべな)い (ubenai), past 諾(うべな)った (ubenatta))

  1. to affirm
  2. to say yes; to accept, to agree, to assent

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