下らない

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くだ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the negative form of verb 下る (kudaru).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(くだ)らない (kudaranai-i (adverbial (くだ)らなく (kudaranaku))

  1. pointless, trifling

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 下ない”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  6. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN