物足りない

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
もの
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
もの足りない

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「物足りない
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 物足りなく のたりなく
のたりな

Terminal (終止形) 物足りない のたりない
のたりな

Attributive (連体形) 物足りない のたりない
のたりな

Key constructions
Informal negative 物足りなくない のたりなくな
のたりなくない

Informal past 物足りなかった のたりなかった
Informal negative past 物足りなくなかった のたりなくなかった
のたりなくなかった

Formal 物足りないです のたりないです
Conjunctive 物足りなくて のたりなくて
Conditional 物足りなければ のたりなければ

Adjective

(もの)()りない (monotarinai-i (adverbial (もの)()りなく (monotarinaku))

  1. unsatisfactory; discontent; not adequate (in one's subjective feeling); leaving one wanting more

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN