心細い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こころ
Grade: 2
ほそ > ぼそ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From (kokoro, heart, feelings) + 細い (hosoi, slender).

The hosoi changes to bosoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「心細い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 心細く ころぼそく
ころぼそ

Terminal (終止形) 心細い ころぼそ
Attributive (連体形) 心細い ころぼそ
Key constructions
Informal negative 心細くない ころぼそくない
ころぼそくない

Informal past 心細かった ころぼそかった
ころぼそかった

Informal negative past 心細くなかった ころぼそくなかった
ころぼそくなかった

Formal 心細いです ころぼそいです
Conjunctive 心細くて ころぼそくて
ころぼそくて

Conditional 心細ければ ころぼそければ
ころぼそければ

Adjective

(こころ)(ぼそ) (kokorobosoi-i (adverbial (こころ)(ぼそ) (kokorobosoku))

  1. hopeless, discouraged, forlorn
  2. discouraging
  3. lonely, helpless

Inflection

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.