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Japanese
Alternative spellings
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擬かしい 擬しい (less common)
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Etymology
From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 擬し (modokashi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out. In turn, derived from verb 擬く (modoku, “to imitate, to mimic; to oppose, to criticize, to censure”).[1][2][3]
Cited to the 宇津保物語 (Utsubo Monogatari) of the late 900s.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
もどかしい • (modokashii) -i (adverbial もどかしく (modokashiku))
- (said of something else causing the sensation) irritating, frustrating, due to not turning out as expected
- Synonyms: 歯痒い (hagayui), じれったい (jirettai)
- (said of a person experiencing the sensation) impatient
- Synonyms: 歯痒い (hagayui), じれったい (jirettai), 短気 (tanki)
- slow (of movement, causing others to feel impatient)
- Synonym: 鈍い (noroi)
- worthy of criticism, displeasing
- Synonyms: 気に入らない (ki ni iranai), 気に食わない (ki ni kuwanai)
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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もどかしかろ
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modokashikaro
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Continuative (連用形)
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もどかしく
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modokashiku
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Terminal (終止形)
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もどかしい
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modokashii
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Attributive (連体形)
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もどかしい
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modokashii
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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もどかしけれ
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modokashikere
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Imperative (命令形)
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もどかしかれ
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modokashikare
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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もどかしくない
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modokashiku nai
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Informal past
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もどかしかった
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modokashikatta
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Informal negative past
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もどかしくなかった
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modokashiku nakatta
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Formal
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もどかしいです
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modokashii desu
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Formal negative
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もどかしくないです
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modokashiku nai desu
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Formal past
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もどかしかったです
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modokashikatta desu
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Formal negative past
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もどかしくなかったです
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modokashiku nakatta desu
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Conjunctive
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もどかしくて
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modokashikute
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Conditional
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もどかしければ
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modokashikereba
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Provisional
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もどかしかったら
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modokashikattara
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Volitional
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もどかしかろう
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modokashikarō
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Adverbial
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もどかしく
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modokashiku
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Degree
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もどかしさ
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modokashisa
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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