きめこまかい

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
木目細かい
肌理細かい
きめ細かい (more common)

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested as the 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi, “-na adjective”) term 木目細か (kimekomaka) in 1674. The phrasal form 木目が細かい (kime ga komakai, literally “the grain is fine”) is attested in 1838. The abbreviated form omitting the subject particle が (ga) is not listed with an attestation, but would presumably be younger still.

Analyzable as a compound of 木目 (kime, “wood grain”) +‎ 細かい (komakai, “fine, detailed”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

きめこまかい • (kimekomakai) -i (adverbial きめこまかく (kimekomakaku))

  1. (of a surface) smooth
  2. detail-oriented, refined

Inflection

Inflection of きめこまかい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) きめこまかかろ kimekomakakaro
Continuative (連用形) きめこまかく kimekomakaku
Terminal (終止形) きめこまかい kimekomakai
Attributive (連体形) きめこまかい kimekomakai
Hypothetical (仮定形) きめこまかけれ kimekomakakere
Imperative (命令形) きめこまかかれ kimekomakakare
Key constructions
Informal negative きめこまかくない kimekomakaku nai
Informal past きめこまかかった kimekomakakatta
Informal negative past きめこまかくなかった kimekomakaku nakatta
Formal きめこまかいです kimekomakai desu
Formal negative きめこまかくないです kimekomakaku nai desu
Formal past きめこまかかったです kimekomakakatta desu
Formal negative past きめこまかくなかったです kimekomakaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive きめこまかくて kimekomakakute
Conditional きめこまかければ kimekomakakereba
Provisional きめこまかかったら kimekomakakattara
Volitional きめこまかかろう kimekomakakarō
Adverbial きめこまかく kimekomakaku
Degree きめこまかさ kimekomakasa

References

  1. ^ “木目細か”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “木目が細かい”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ “きめこまかい”, in デジタル大辞泉 ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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