Vocabulary

粘ねばる

Level
N1
Part of speech
Godan verb with ru ending, intransitive verb
Frequency
Popular

Reading

  • ねばる
    Godan verb with ru endingintransitive verb

Meanings

  1. 1

    to be sticky; to be adhesive

    Godan verb with ru endingintransitive verb
  2. 2

    to persevere; to persist; to stick to; to hold out; to linger

    Godan verb with ru endingintransitive verb

Conjugation

粘る · Godan verb

FormPlainPolite
Present
粘るねばる
粘りますねばります
Negative
粘らないねばらない
粘りませんねばりません
Past
粘ったねばった
粘りましたねばりました
Past negative
粘らなかったねばらなかった
粘りませんでしたねばりませんでした
Te-form
粘ってねばって
粘りましてねばりまして
Want to (-tai)
粘りたいねばりたい
粘りたいですねばりたいです

Example sentences3

  • 。

    This natto is very sticky.

  • 、。

    The other team was strong, but we held out until the very end of the game.

  • 、。

    I wanted to buy the bicycle cheaply, so I kept negotiating at the store for a whole hour.

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