Word · 単語
及ぶ
Reading およぶ
to reach
- 1 to reach, to amount to, to befall, to happen to, to extend, to go on (for, until)
- 2 to be up to the task, to come up to
- 3 to compare with, to be a match (for)
- 4 to resort (to an act)
- 5 to require (to do) — usu. used in the negative
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例文 · examples
彼は父親には及ばない。
He is not equal to his father.
sense 3 · to compare with
彼は犯行に及んだと信じられていた。
He was believed to have committed the crime.
sense 4 · to resort (to an act)
彼の牧場は、２０平方マイルに及んでいる。
His ranch covers twenty square miles.
sense 1 · to reach
及ばずながらお手伝いしましょう。
I will help you all I can.
過ぎたるは及ばざるが如し。
Never too much of anything.