汚い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
きたな
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "汚い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 汚く なく
たな

Terminal (終止形) 汚い たな
Attributive (連体形) 汚い たな
Key constructions
Informal negative 汚くない なくない
たなくない

Informal past 汚かった なかった
たなかった

Informal negative past 汚くなかった なくなかった
たなくなかった

Formal 汚いです たないです
Conjunctive 汚くて なくて
たなくて

Conditional 汚ければ なければ
たなければ

Adjective

(きたな) (kitanai-i (adverbial (きたな) (kitanaku))

  1. dirty
    (きたな)シャツ
    kitanai shatsu
    a dirty shirt
  2. untidy
    ()()(きたな)
    heya ga kitanai
    room is untidy
  3. mean, unfair
    (きたな)(しゅ)(だん)
    kitanai shudan
    underhanded/dirty methods
  4. illegible
    (きたな)()
    kitanai ji
    illegible handwriting

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN