しなやか

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
靭やか
嫋やか
靱やか

Pronunciation

Adjective

しなやか • (shinayaka) -na (adnominal しなやかな (shinayaka na na), adverbial しなやかに (shinayaka ni ni))

  1. flexible
  2. graceful

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Inflection

Inflection of しなやか
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) しなやかだろ shinayaka daro
Continuative (連用形) しなやかで shinayaka de
Terminal (終止形) しなやかだ shinayaka da
Attributive (連体形) しなやかな shinayaka na
Hypothetical (仮定形) しなやかなら shinayaka nara
Imperative (命令形) しなやかであれ shinayaka de are
Key constructions
Informal negative しなやかではない
しなやかじゃない 		shinayaka de wa nai
shinayaka ja nai
Informal past しなやかだった shinayaka datta
Informal negative past しなやかではなかった
しなやかじゃなかった 		shinayaka de wa nakatta
shinayaka ja nakatta
Formal しなやかです shinayaka desu
Formal negative しなやかではありません
しなやかじゃありません 		shinayaka de wa arimasen
shinayaka ja arimasen
Formal past しなやかでした shinayaka deshita
Formal negative past しなやかではありませんでした
しなやかじゃありませんでした 		shinayaka de wa arimasen deshita
shinayaka ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive しなやかで shinayaka de
Conditional しなやかなら（ば） shinayaka nara (ba)
Provisional しなやかだったら shinayaka dattara
Volitional しなやかだろう shinayaka darō
Adverbial しなやかに shinayaka ni
Degree しなやかさ shinayakasa

References

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