なびく – Vocabulary details

なびく

Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)

Usually written in kana

1. to bend; to flutter; to wave

その証しょう拠こに、彼かれの髪かみが風かぜを受うけ激はげしくなびいている。As proof of this, his hair is fluttering violently in the wind.

2. to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to; to obey

おいおい、まさか金かねでなびくと思おもっているのか？Come on, you don't seriously think I can be won over with money, do you?

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to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; (lit.) even the plants yield

to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; (lit.) even the plants yield

旗はたが風かぜにバタバタとなびいている。

The flag is flapping in the wind.

風かぜが優やさしく二ふた人りの髪かみをなびかせる。

The wind gently makes their hair flutter.

短みじかく切きった髪かみはもうなびかない。

The hair, cut short, no longer flutters.

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