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表層形
大人び
オトナビ
動詞

大人び (オトナビ)

Otonabi · おとなび — to look (sound, behave) grown-up, to be adult-like, to mature

Other ways to say “to look grown-up” in Japanese →

大人び in rōmaji: otonabi.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 大人びる 🔤 上一段-バ行 📐 未然形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月28日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
大人び
見出し語 (Lemma)
大人びる
読み (Reading)
オトナビ
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
上一段-バ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
未然形-一般
表記 (Orthography)
大人び
読み・基本形
オトナビル
表記・基本形
大人びる
見出し語の読み
オトナビル
💡 English Meaning

大人び means “to look (sound, behave) grown-up, to be adult-like, to mature” — full definition & examples →

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大人びる (オトナビル) — main entry →

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オトナビ
Lemma: 大人びる
動詞一般**
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⚡ 一段 (Ichidan/Ru-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
大人びます
て形 (Te-form)
大人びて
過去形 (Past)
大人びた
否定形 (Negative)
大人びない
意向形 (Volitional)
大人びましょう
可能形 (Potential)
大人びられる
受身形 (Passive)
大人びられる
使役形 (Causative)
大人びさせる
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (大人び) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (大人びる) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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The reading shows the pronunciation in hiragana or katakana as recorded by UniDic. For kanji entries this is the standard reading of this specific surface form — which may differ from other readings of the same kanji.
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