有り難い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
かた > がた
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
有り難い (kyūjitai)
有難い

Etymology

From () (ari, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (aru, to be)) + (がた) (-gatai, difficult to). Compare ()(がた) (arigataki), ()(がた) (arigatashi), and ()(がと) (arigatō). The original meaning was "difficult to be".

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「有り難い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 有り難く りがたく
りがた

Terminal (終止形) 有り難い りがた
Attributive (連体形) 有り難い りがた
Key constructions
Informal negative 有り難くない りがたくない
りがたくない

Informal past 有り難かった りがたかった
りがたかった

Informal negative past 有り難くなかった りがたくなかった
りがたくなかった

Formal 有り難いです りがたいです
Conjunctive 有り難くて りがたくて
りがたくて

Conditional 有り難ければ りがたければ
りがたければ

Adjective

()(がた) (arigatai-i (adverbial ()(がた) (arigataku))

  1. (literal) difficult to exist
  2. (archaic) rare
    • c. 10451068: Yoru no Nezame (volume 1)
      人の世のさまざまなるを見聞きつもるに、なを寝覺の御仲らひばかり、あさからぬ契ながら、世に心づくしなるためしは、ありがたくも有けるかな。
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. special; worthy of being thankful for
    • August 16, 2019, Nikkan Sports:
      中日(ちゅう)高橋周(にちたかはししゅう)(へい)(だい)()(ふっ)()大歓声(だいかんせい)ありがたいです」
      Chūnichi Takahashi Shūhei, Daida Fukki ni Dai Kansei “Arigatai Desu”
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Inflection

See also

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō