結ぶ
むすぶ · musubu
To tie, to bind, to link
- to bear (fruit)
- to close (e.g. deal), to confirm, to conclude
- to connect (two distant places)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 結びますむすびます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 結びませんむすびません |
| Polite past (ました) | 結びましたむすびました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 結びませんでしたむすびませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 結びましょうむすびましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 結びむすび |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 結びたいむすびたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 結びながらむすびながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 結んでむすんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 結んだむすんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 結んだらむすんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 結んでいるむすんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 結ばないむすばない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 結ばなかったむすばなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 結ばなくてむすばなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 結べるむすべる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 結べばむすべば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 結べむすべ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 結ぼうむすぼう |
| Passive (受身形) | 結ばれるむすばれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 結ばせるむすばせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 結ばされるむすばされる |
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What does 結ぶ mean?
To tie, to bind, to link. It can also mean: to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal), to confirm, to conclude; to connect (two distant places).
How do you pronounce 結ぶ?
むすぶ (musubu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 結ぶ?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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