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諾う肯う宜う
うべなう
1. [v5u,vt] [dated]
▶ to agree (to a proposal, request, etc.)
▶ to assent
▶ to consent
▶ to accept

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2023-02-15 22:24:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-02-15 22:02:16  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Meikyo has 肯う and 宜う, although I don't see them in other refs.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────╮
│ 諾う   │ 234 │
│ 肯う   │ 332 │ - also うけがう in daijs, shinmeikai, nikk
│ 宜う   │ 318 │
│ うべなう │ 574 │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,6 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>肯う</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>宜う</keb>
3. A 2022-07-04 01:10:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2022-07-04 00:24:01  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr/s
shinmeikai: 古風な表現
  Comments:
"obey/conform" is a separate archaic sense.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>to agree</gloss>
+<misc>&dated;</misc>
+<gloss>to agree (to a proposal, request, etc.)</gloss>
@@ -16,2 +17 @@
-<gloss>to obey</gloss>
-<gloss>to conform</gloss>
+<gloss>to accept</gloss>
1. A 2008-09-23 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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