みっともない

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
見っともない

Etymology

Vowel shortening and gemination of みとうもない (mitōmonai),[1] euphonic sound change of みたくもない (mitakumonai, don't even want to see) (via deletion of the intermediate /k/, a regular process in Japanese).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「みっともない
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) みっともなく っともな
Terminal (終止形) みっともない っともな
Attributive (連体形) みっともない っともな
Key constructions
Informal negative みっともなくない っともなくない
Informal past みっともなかった っともなかった
Informal negative past みっともなくなかった っともなくなかった
Formal みっともないです っともないです
Conjunctive みっともなくて っともなくて
Conditional みっともなければ っともなければ

Adjective

みっともない (mittomonaiみたうもない (mitaumonai)?-i (adverbial みっともなく (mittomonaku))

  1. disgraceful, shameful, indecent
  2. shabby, unsightly

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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