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表層形
びびッ
ビビッ
動詞

びびッ (ビビッ)

Bibi · びびっ — to feel nervous, to feel afraid, to feel self-conscious, to lose one's nerve, to get cold feet, to get the jitters; to be startled, to be surprised, to be shocked, to feel frightened, to be spooked

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びびッ in rōmaji: bibi.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 びびる 🔤 五段-ラ行 📐 連用形-促音便
Updated: 2026年9月7日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
びびッ
見出し語 (Lemma)
びびる
読み (Reading)
ビビッ
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
五段-ラ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
連用形-促音便
表記 (Orthography)
びびッ
読み・基本形
ビビル
表記・基本形
びびる
見出し語の読み
ビビル
How it's used

Casual, often in speech or manga, to describe sudden fear or hesitation, like getting spooked or losing your nerve.

幽霊を見てびびッた。
Yūrei o mite bibitta.
I got spooked when I saw a ghost.

彼は試験前にびびッてる。
Kare wa shiken mae ni bibitteru.
He's nervous before the exam.

⚖️ Commonly confused with 'ビビる' (bibiru), but 'びびッ' is often an onomatopoeic or truncated form used for emphasis.

💡 English Meaning

びびッ means “to feel nervous, to feel afraid, to feel self-conscious, to lose one's nerve, to get cold feet, to get the jitters; to be startled, to be surprised, to be shocked, to feel frightened, to be spooked” — full definition & examples →

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びびる (ビビル) — main entry →

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ビビッ
Lemma: びびる
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
びびります
て形 (Te-form)
びびって
過去形 (Past)
びびった
否定形 (Negative)
びびらない
意向形 (Volitional)
びびりましょう
可能形 (Potential)
びびれる
受身形 (Passive)
びびられる
使役形 (Causative)
びびらせる
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The surface form (びびッ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (びびる) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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