有り難し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
有 難
あ
Grade: 3 		かた > がた
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
有り難し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

ari + katashi > arigatashi. Compound of 有り (ari, “is, are”, in adverbial form) +‎ 難し (katashi, “difficult”). The katashi changes to gatashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).. The original meaning was "difficult to be".

Adjective

有(あ)り難(がた)し • (arigatashi) †-ku

  1. difficult to be
  2. rare
  3. special; worthy of being thankful for

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "有り難し" (ク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 有り難く
有り難から		 ありがたく
ありがたから		 arigataku
arigatakara
Continuative (連用形) 有り難く
有り難かり		 ありがたく
ありがたかり		 arigataku
arigatakari
Terminal (終止形) 有り難し ありがたし arigatasi
Attributive (連体形) 有り難き
有り難かる		 ありがたき
ありがたかる		 arigataki
arigatakaru
Realis (已然形) 有り難けれ ありがたけれ arigatakere
Imperative (命令形) 有り難かれ ありがたかれ arigatakare
Key constructions
Negative 有り難からず ありがたからず arigatakarazu
Contrasting conjunction 有り難けれど ありがたけれど arigatakeredo
Causal conjunction 有り難ければ ありがたければ arigatakereba
Conditional conjunction 有り難くば ありがたくば arigatakuba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 有り難かりき ありがたかりき arigatakariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 有り難かりけり ありがたかりけり arigatakarikeri
Adverbial 有り難く ありがたく arigataku
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

See also

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