毛深い

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
毛 深
け
Grade: 2 		ふか > ぶか
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ 深い (fukai, “thick, dense”).[1] The fukai changes to bukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adjective

毛(け)深(ぶか)い • (kebukai) -i (adverbial 毛(け)深(ぶか)く (kebukaku))

  1. hairy, shaggy

Inflection

Inflection of 毛深い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 毛深かろ けぶかかろ kebukakaro
Continuative (連用形) 毛深く けぶかく kebukaku
Terminal (終止形) 毛深い けぶかい kebukai
Attributive (連体形) 毛深い けぶかい kebukai
Hypothetical (仮定形) 毛深けれ けぶかけれ kebukakere
Imperative (命令形) 毛深かれ けぶかかれ kebukakare
Key constructions
Informal negative 毛深くない けぶかくない kebukaku nai
Informal past 毛深かった けぶかかった kebukakatta
Informal negative past 毛深くなかった けぶかくなかった kebukaku nakatta
Formal 毛深いです けぶかいです kebukai desu
Formal negative 毛深くないです けぶかくないです kebukaku nai desu
Formal past 毛深かったです けぶかかったです kebukakatta desu
Formal negative past 毛深くなかったです けぶかくなかったです kebukaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 毛深くて けぶかくて kebukakute
Conditional 毛深ければ けぶかければ kebukakereba
Provisional 毛深かったら けぶかかったら kebukakattara
Volitional 毛深かろう けぶかかろう kebukakarō
Adverbial 毛深く けぶかく kebukaku
Degree 毛深さ けぶかさ kebukasa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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