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木目細かい 肌理細かい きめ細かい (more common) |
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”).
きめこまかい • (kimekomakai) -i (adverbial きめこまかく (kimekomakaku))
Stem forms | |||
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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 |