柔らかい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
やわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
軟らかい

Etymology

やわらか (yawaraka, soft, gentle, na-adjective) + (-i, suffix forming adjectives)[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「柔らかい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 柔らかく わらかく
わらか

Terminal (終止形) 柔らかい わらか
Attributive (連体形) 柔らかい わらか
Key constructions
Informal negative 柔らかくない わらかくない
わらかくない

Informal past 柔らかかった わらかかった
わらかかった

Informal negative past 柔らかくなかった わらかくなかった
わらかくなかった

Formal 柔らかいです わらかいです
Conjunctive 柔らかくて わらかくて
わらかくて

Conditional 柔らかければ わらかければ
わらかければ

Adjective

(やわ)らかい (yawarakaiやはらかい (yafarakai)?-i (adverbial (やわ)らかく (yawarakaku))

  1. soft

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN