Meaning of 及ぶ in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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及ぶJLPT 1
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Kana Readingおよぶ
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Romajioyobu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `bu` ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be up to the task; to come up to
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to compare with; to be a match (for)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to commit (a crime)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)
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Example Sentences
及ぶ, およぶ used in context
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目標とする１０パーセントにははるかにおよばない結果にとどまった。
It stopped short at a result far from the 10% taken as the target.
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Federal budget cuts will take a bite out of Social Security benefits.
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My bike is not anything like yours.
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She is not anything like her mother.
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She speaks German and French, not to mention English.
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She doesn't even speak her own language well, let alone French.
Verb Conjugations
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