平たい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
平
ひら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “formed with root + ta + i? cf. 重たい”)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「平たい」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 平たく ひらたく
Terminal (終止形) 平たい ひらたい
ひらたい
Attributive (連体形) 平たい ひらたい
Key constructions
Informal negative 平たくない ひらたくない
Informal past 平たかった ひらたかった
Informal negative past 平たくなかった ひらたくなかった
Formal 平たいです ひらたいです
Conjunctive 平たくて ひらたくて
Conditional 平たければ ひらたければ

Adjective

平(ひら)たい • (hiratai) -i (adverbial 平(ひら)たく (hirataku))

  1. flat, even, level, smooth
  2. (of speech) plain, clear

Inflection

Inflection of 平たい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 平たかろ ひらたかろ hiratakaro
Continuative (連用形) 平たく ひらたく hirataku
Terminal (終止形) 平たい ひらたい hiratai
Attributive (連体形) 平たい ひらたい hiratai
Hypothetical (仮定形) 平たけれ ひらたけれ hiratakere
Imperative (命令形) 平たかれ ひらたかれ hiratakare
Key constructions
Informal negative 平たくない ひらたくない hirataku nai
Informal past 平たかった ひらたかった hiratakatta
Informal negative past 平たくなかった ひらたくなかった hirataku nakatta
Formal 平たいです ひらたいです hiratai desu
Formal negative 平たくないです ひらたくないです hirataku nai desu
Formal past 平たかったです ひらたかったです hiratakatta desu
Formal negative past 平たくなかったです ひらたくなかったです hirataku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 平たくて ひらたくて hiratakute
Conditional 平たければ ひらたければ hiratakereba
Provisional 平たかったら ひらたかったら hiratakattara
Volitional 平たかろう ひらたかろう hiratakarō
Adverbial 平たく ひらたく hirataku
Degree 平たさ ひらたさ hiratasa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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