呆気ない

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あっ
Hyōgaiji
(ateji)

Grade: 1
irregular on’yomi
Alternative spelling
呆氣ない (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 飽くなし (aku ke nashi).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

(あっ)()ない (akkenai-i (adverbial (あっ)()なく (akkenaku))

  1. unsatisfying and disappointing
    夏休(なつやす)あっけなく()わった。
    Natsu yasumi wa akkenaku owatta.
    Summer vacation ended all too soon.

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.