忌ま忌ましい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
忌々しい

Etymology

()() (imaima, reduplication of () (ima), the mizenkei stem of 忌む (imu)) + しい (-shii, adjectivizing suffix evoking quality of the suffixed term).

Pronunciation

Adjective

()()ましい (imaimashii-i (adverbial ()()ましく (imaimashiku))

  1. annoying
    Synonym: 腹立たしい (haradatashii)

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN