めざとい

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
目敏い
目聡い
目ざとい

Etymology

From 目(め) (me) + 敏(さと)い (satoi). The satoi changes to zatoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adjective

めざとい • (mezatoi) ←めざとい (mezatoi)?-i (adverbial めざとく (mezatoku))

  1. keen-sighted; sharp-sighted
  2. being a light sleeper

Inflection

Inflection of めざとい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) めざとかろ mezatokaro
Continuative (連用形) めざとく mezatoku
Terminal (終止形) めざとい mezatoi
Attributive (連体形) めざとい mezatoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) めざとけれ mezatokere
Imperative (命令形) めざとかれ mezatokare
Key constructions
Informal negative めざとくない mezatoku nai
Informal past めざとかった mezatokatta
Informal negative past めざとくなかった mezatoku nakatta
Formal めざといです mezatoi desu
Formal negative めざとくないです mezatoku nai desu
Formal past めざとかったです mezatokatta desu
Formal negative past めざとくなかったです mezatoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive めざとくて mezatokute
Conditional めざとければ mezatokereba
Provisional めざとかったら mezatokattara
Volitional めざとかろう mezatokarō
Adverbial めざとく mezatoku
Degree めざとさ mezatosa

References

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