いんちき

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Noun

いんちき or インチキ • (inchiki) 

  1. deception; monkey business
  2. fake; counterfeit

Synonyms

Adjective

いんちき or インチキ • (inchiki) -na (adnominal いんちきな (inchiki na), adverbial いんちきに (inchiki ni))

  1. fake; counterfeit

Inflection

Inflection of いんちき
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) いんちきだろ inchiki daro
Continuative (連用形) いんちきで inchiki de
Terminal (終止形) いんちきだ inchiki da
Attributive (連体形) いんちきな inchiki na
Hypothetical (仮定形) いんちきなら inchiki nara
Imperative (命令形) いんちきであれ inchiki de are
Key constructions
Informal negative いんちきではない
いんちきじゃない 		inchiki de wa nai
inchiki ja nai
Informal past いんちきだった inchiki datta
Informal negative past いんちきではなかった
いんちきじゃなかった 		inchiki de wa nakatta
inchiki ja nakatta
Formal いんちきです inchiki desu
Formal negative いんちきではありません
いんちきじゃありません 		inchiki de wa arimasen
inchiki ja arimasen
Formal past いんちきでした inchiki deshita
Formal negative past いんちきではありませんでした
いんちきじゃありませんでした 		inchiki de wa arimasen deshita
inchiki ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive いんちきで inchiki de
Conditional いんちきなら（ば） inchiki nara (ba)
Provisional いんちきだったら inchiki dattara
Volitional いんちきだろう inchiki darō
Adverbial いんちきに inchiki ni
Degree いんちきさ inchikisa

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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