大人しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おとな
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
温和しい

Etymology

Compound of 大人 (otona, adult) +‎ しい (-shii, adjectivizing suffix).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「大人しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 大人しく となしく
となし

Terminal (終止形) 大人しい となし
Attributive (連体形) 大人しい となし
Key constructions
Informal negative 大人しくない となしくない
となしくない

Informal past 大人しかった となしかった
となしかった

Informal negative past 大人しくなかった となしくなかった
となしくなかった

Formal 大人しいです となしいです
Conjunctive 大人しくて となしくて
となしくて

Conditional 大人しければ となしければ
となしければ

Adjective

大人(おとな)しい (otonashii-i (adverbial 大人(おとな)しく (otonashiku))

  1. (in reference to a person) quiet
  2. good-tempered, gentle, mild
  3. obedient, docile

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN