待ち伏せる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
待 伏
ま
Grade: 3		 ふ > ぶ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Verbification of the noun 待(ま)ち伏(ぶ)せ (machibuse)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まちぶせる [màchíbúsérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) まちぶせ​る [màchíbúséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡ɕibɯ̟ᵝse̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

待(ま)ち伏(ぶ)せる • (machibuseru) transitive ichidan (stem 待(ま)ち伏(ぶ)せ (machibuse), past 待(ま)ち伏(ぶ)せた (machibuseta))

  1. to ambush

Conjugation
Conjugation of "待ち伏せる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 待ち伏せ まちぶせ machibuse
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 待ち伏せ まちぶせ machibuse
Shūshikei ("terminal") 待ち伏せる まちぶせる machibuseru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 待ち伏せる まちぶせる machibuseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 待ち伏せれ まちぶせれ machibusere
Meireikei ("imperative") 待ち伏せよ¹
待ち伏せろ²		 まちぶせよ¹
まちぶせろ²		 machibuseyo¹
machibusero²
Key constructions
Passive 待ち伏せられる まちぶせられる machibuserareru
Causative 待ち伏せさせる
待ち伏せさす		 まちぶせさせる
まちぶせさす		 machibusesaseru
machibusesasu
Potential 待ち伏せられる
待ち伏せれる³		 まちぶせられる
まちぶせれる³		 machibuserareru
machibusereru³
Volitional 待ち伏せよう まちぶせよう machibuseyō
Negative 待ち伏せない
待ち伏せぬ
待ち伏せん		 まちぶせない
まちぶせぬ
まちぶせん		 machibusenai
machibusenu
machibusen
Negative continuative 待ち伏せず まちぶせず machibusezu
Formal 待ち伏せます まちぶせます machibusemasu
Perfective 待ち伏せた まちぶせた machibuseta
Conjunctive 待ち伏せて まちぶせて machibusete
Hypothetical conditional 待ち伏せれば まちぶせれば machibusereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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