好ましい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
この
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Adjectivization of verb 好む (konomu, to prefer, to like), using the adjectivizing suffix しい (-shii, that kind of thing, that kind of quality).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「好ましい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 好ましく のましく
のまし

Terminal (終止形) 好ましい のまし
Attributive (連体形) 好ましい のまし
Key constructions
Informal negative 好ましくない のましくない
のましくない

Informal past 好ましかった のましかった
のましかった

Informal negative past 好ましくなかった のましくなかった
のましくなかった

Formal 好ましいです のましいです
Conjunctive 好ましくて のましくて
のましくて

Conditional 好ましければ のましければ
のましければ

Adjective

(この)ましい (konomashii-i (adverbial (この)ましく (konomashiku))

  1. nice, likeable
  2. preferable, desired
  3. (archaic) lewd, lascivious, lustful, lecherous

Inflection

Antonyms

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. ^ 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