きつい

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
緊い

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「きつい」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) きつく きつく
Terminal (終止形) きつい きつい
きつい
Attributive (連体形) きつい きつい
Key constructions
Informal negative きつくない きつくない
Informal past きつかった きつかった
Informal negative past きつくなかった きつくなかった
Formal きついです きついです
Conjunctive きつくて きつくて
Conditional きつければ きつければ

Adjective

きつい • (kitsui) -i (adverbial きつく (kitsuku))

  1. tight, close
  2. intense, severe, hard, demanding
  3. determined, forceful, formidable

Inflection

Inflection of きつい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) きつかろ kitsukaro
Continuative (連用形) きつく kitsuku
Terminal (終止形) きつい kitsui
Attributive (連体形) きつい kitsui
Hypothetical (仮定形) きつけれ kitsukere
Imperative (命令形) きつかれ kitsukare
Key constructions
Informal negative きつくない kitsuku nai
Informal past きつかった kitsukatta
Informal negative past きつくなかった kitsuku nakatta
Formal きついです kitsui desu
Formal negative きつくないです kitsuku nai desu
Formal past きつかったです kitsukatta desu
Formal negative past きつくなかったです kitsuku nakatta desu
Conjunctive きつくて kitsukute
Conditional きつければ kitsukereba
Provisional きつかったら kitsukattara
Volitional きつかろう kitsukarō
Adverbial きつく kitsuku
Degree きつさ kitsusa

Antonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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