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帯びる

おびる

to be tinged with; to take on (a quality); to carry (a mission)

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Examples

  1. 彼の話は現実味を帯びてきた。

    かれのはなしはげんじつみをおびてきた。

    His story began to take on a sense of reality.

  2. 空が赤みを帯びている。

    そらがあかみをおびている。

    The sky is tinged with red.

  3. 彼は重大な任務を帯びて出発した。

    かれはじゅうだいなにんむをおびてしゅっぱつした。

    He set off charged with an important mission.

  4. 議論はしだいに熱を帯びてきた。

    ぎろんはしだいにねつをおびてきた。

    The discussion gradually grew heated.

Common patterns

現実味を帯びる
to become realistic
熱を帯びる
to grow heated
任務を帯びる
to be charged with a mission

Memory tip

帯 is a sash you wear, and 帯びる is wearing a quality rather than an object: a colour, a mood, a mission. It is literary, so for plain colour description 赤い or 赤っぽい is more natural.

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