及ぶ

Meaning

1. v5bvi
   to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to go on (for, until)
2. v5bvi
   to be up to the task; to come up to
3. v5bvi
   to compare with; to be a match (for)
4. v5bvi
   to commit (a crime)
5. v5bvi
   to require (to do)

Example sentences

• 彼女がどうしてその犯罪に及んだかという動機については、いまだによくわかりません。

  They still haven't been able to work out quite what her motive was for resorting to crime.

• 連邦政府の予算削減は社会保障の給付に影響が及ぶでしょう。

  Federal budget cuts will take a bite out of Social Security benefits.

• 彼は力の及ぶ限りその仕事をやった。

  He did the work to the best of his ability.