およぶ

及 ぶ

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until)

    • その地震で広範囲に及ぶ被害がでた。
      The earthquake caused widespread damage.

  2. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to be up to the task, to come up to

    • その問題は私の力の及ぶところではなかった。
      The problem was beyond my reach.

  3. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to compare with, to be a match (for)

    • 彼は父親には及ばない。
      He is not equal to his father.

  4. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to commit (a crime)

    • 彼は犯行に及んだと信じられていた。
      He was believed to have committed the crime.

  5. Godan verb with 'bu' ending, intransitive verb

    to require (to do)
    usu. used in the negative