てがたい

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
手堅い

Etymology

From 手(て) (te) + 堅(かた)い (katai). The katai changes to gatai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adjective

てがたい • (tegatai) ←てがたい (tegatai)?-i (adverbial てがたく (tegataku))

  1. sound, safe, solid, infallible, dependable
    手(て)堅(がた)いシステム
    tegatai shisutemu
    solid system

Inflection

Inflection of てがたい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) てがたかろ tegatakaro
Continuative (連用形) てがたく tegataku
Terminal (終止形) てがたい tegatai
Attributive (連体形) てがたい tegatai
Hypothetical (仮定形) てがたけれ tegatakere
Imperative (命令形) てがたかれ tegatakare
Key constructions
Informal negative てがたくない tegataku nai
Informal past てがたかった tegatakatta
Informal negative past てがたくなかった tegataku nakatta
Formal てがたいです tegatai desu
Formal negative てがたくないです tegataku nai desu
Formal past てがたかったです tegatakatta desu
Formal negative past てがたくなかったです tegataku nakatta desu
Conjunctive てがたくて tegatakute
Conditional てがたければ tegatakereba
Provisional てがたかったら tegatakattara
Volitional てがたかろう tegatakarō
Adverbial てがたく tegataku
Degree てがたさ tegatasa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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