うい

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Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of うい – see the following entry.
【初】4
a first, start
the first of something
(This term, うい (ui), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as うい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うい.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
憂い

⟨usi⟩ → /uɕi/ → /uki/ → /ui/

From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 憂し (ushi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Adjective

うい • (ui) -i (adverbial うく (uku))

  1. sad, gloomy
Inflection
Inflection of うい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) うかろ ukaro
Continuative (連用形) うく uku
Terminal (終止形) うい ui
Attributive (連体形) うい ui
Hypothetical (仮定形) うけれ ukere
Imperative (命令形) うかれ ukare
Key constructions
Informal negative うくない uku nai
Informal past うかった ukatta
Informal negative past うくなかった uku nakatta
Formal ういです ui desu
Formal negative うくないです uku nai desu
Formal past うかったです ukatta desu
Formal negative past うくなかったです uku nakatta desu
Conjunctive うくて ukute
Conditional うければ ukereba
Provisional うかったら ukattara
Volitional うかろう ukarō
Adverbial うく uku
Degree うさ usa
Derived terms
Proverbs

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
愛い

Pronunciation

Adjective

うい • (ui) 

  1. (referring to someone of lower status) fine (person), good, nice, splendid, admirable

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of うい – see the following entry.
【有為】
(Buddhism) impermanent due to being born of nidāna (causes and effects)
(Buddhism) impermanent existences born of nidāna (causes and effects)
(This term, うい (ui), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as うい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うい.)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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