帯

音読おんよみ: タイ

訓読くんよみ: おび・おびる

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部首ぶしゅ: はば(巾)

Meaning

Belt / Band / Zone / Region / Carry

  • Basic forms
  • 帯びる — to carry; to have; to bear (a quality) / base form
  • 帯びます — carries; has / masu form
  • 帯びた — carried; had / ta form
  • 帯びて — carrying; having / te-form
  • 帯びない — does not carry; does not have / negative
  • 帯びれば — if it carries; if it has / conditional
  • Other common forms
  • 責任を帯びる — to bear responsibility
  • 意味を帯びる — to take on meaning
  • 危険を帯びる — to involve danger
  • More
  • 帯びたい — want to have; want to carry / 〜たい form
  • 帯びている — is carrying; is characterized by / progressive
  • 帯びなかった — did not have / past negative

帯びる(おびる) is an ichidan verb. It is often used in an abstract sense, meaning “to possess” or “to take on” a quality, rather than physically carrying something.

  • おび — sash / belt (esp. kimono)
  • びる — to carry / to wear / to have
  • 地帯ちたい — zone / area
  • 時間帯じかんたい — time zone / time slot
  • 熱帯ねったい — tropics
  • 温帯おんたい — temperate zone
  • 亜熱帯あねったい — subtropics
  • 携帯けいたい — mobile / portable

Originally depicting a sash tied around the body. Today it keeps the literal sense (おび ) and extends to abstract “bands/zones” in compounds (地帯, 時間帯, 熱帯).

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