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及およぼす

およぼす oyobosu Play N3 Godan verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

影響や害などを相手・物事に与える。 to exert; to cause; to exercise

Example 1

長雨ながあめは植物しょくぶつに害がいをおよぼす。

A long spell of rainy weather is harmful to plants.

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Example 2

あなたに被害ひがいを及およぼそうなどとは夢ゆめにも思おもいませんでした。

Little did I dream of doing you any harm.

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Kanji breakdown

及

N1

reach out; exert; exercise; cause

On reading
キュウ
Kun reading
およ.ぶ、およ.び、および、およ.ぼす
Radical
又
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普及

N2

ふきゅう

diffusion; spread

Illustration of 及び

及び

N1

および

and; as well as

Illustration of 及ぶ

及ぶ

N1

およぶ

to reach; to come up to; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to match; to equal

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追及

N1

ついきゅう

gaining on; carrying out; solving (crime)