Kanji

靡

flutter, wave, bow to, obey, seduce

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

19 strokes

Radical

非部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ヒ, ビ, ミ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

なびく, ない, わける

Example sentences

風靡 ふうび
そのアイドルグループは瞬く間に一世を風靡した。

That idol group swept the nation in the blink of an eye.

一世 いっせい
彼はかつて一世を風靡した歌手だ。

He is a singer who once took the world by storm.

一世風靡 いっせいふうび
そのアイドルは一世風靡した。

That idol swept the world.

萎靡沈滞 いびちんたい
長引く不況の影響で、国内の経済活動は萎靡沈滞している。

Domestic economic activity is stagnating due to the impact of the prolonged recession.

靡かせる なびかせる
風が髪を靡かせた

The wind made her hair flutter.

Example Vocabulary

淫靡

いんび

靡く

なびく

to flutter; to wave; to yield to

一世を風靡する

いっせいをふうびする

風靡

ふうび

to sweep (the world); to dominate; to become popular

一世風靡

いっせいふうび

sweeping the world; dominating the times

靡かす

なびかす

萎靡沈滞

いびちんたい

stagnation; decline; lack of spirit

萎靡

いび

靡かせる

なびかせる

to make something flutter/sway; to influence/sway (someone)

草木も靡く

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