〜びる: meaning and usage

How to form it

• noun+びる/びた+noun
• い-adjective stem (without い)+びる/びた+noun

How it is used

A suffix on a few nouns or adjective stems: 'take on the look of A', as in 「大人びる」, 「古びる」 and 「ひなびる」, often as 「〜びた」 + noun. Unlike 「〜ぶる」, there's no pretending.

Examples

1. 部屋の隅には古びたピアノがあった。

   There was an old-looking piano in the corner of the room.

2. 娘は最近、急に大人びてきた。

   Lately my daughter has suddenly started to look grown-up.

3. 山の奥に、ひなびた温泉宿がある。

   Deep in the mountains there is a quaint, rustic hot-spring inn.