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Japanese
Pronunciation
Adverb
はっきり or ハッキリ • (hakkiri)
- clearly, distinctly, straight
- はっきり言えよ！
- Hakkiri ie yo!
- Tell me the straight facts already!
- visibly
- それははっきり解る事だ。
- Sore wa hakkiri wakaru koto da.
- It is visibly comprehensible.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “distinctly”): うやむや (uyamuya)
Verb
はっきりする or ハッキリする • (hakkiri suru) suru (stem はっきりし (hakkiri shi), past はっきりした (hakkiri shita))
- be clear and distinct
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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はっきりし
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ハッキリし
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hakkiri shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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はっきりし
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ハッキリし
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hakkiri shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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はっきりする
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ハッキリする
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hakkiri suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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はっきりする
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ハッキリする
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hakkiri suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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はっきりすれ
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ハッキリすれ
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hakkiri sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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はっきりせよ¹
はっきりしろ²
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ハッキリせよ¹
ハッキリしろ²
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hakkiri seyo¹
hakkiri shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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はっきりされる
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ハッキリされる
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hakkiri sareru
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| Causative
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はっきりさせる
はっきりさす
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ハッキリさせる
ハッキリさす
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hakkiri saseru
hakkiri sasu
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| Potential
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はっきりできる
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ハッキリできる
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hakkiri dekiru
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| Volitional
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はっきりしよう
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ハッキリしよう
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hakkiri shiyō
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| Negative
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はっきりしない
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ハッキリしない
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hakkiri shinai
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| Negative continuative
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はっきりせず
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ハッキリせず
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hakkiri sezu
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| Formal
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はっきりします
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ハッキリします
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hakkiri shimasu
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| Perfective
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はっきりした
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ハッキリした
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hakkiri shita
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| Conjunctive
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はっきりして
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ハッキリして
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hakkiri shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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はっきりすれば
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ハッキリすれば
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hakkiri sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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