相容れない

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あい
Grade: 3

Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
相いれない
相入れない

Etymology

Derived as the plain negative inflection of now-obsolete verb 相容れる (aiireru, to go together, to match, to be compatible).

First attested in the alternative negative conjugation aiirezaru in 1870.

Pronunciation

Adjective

(あい)()れない (aiirenaiあひいれない (afiirenai)?-i (adverbial (あい)()れなく (aiirenaku))

  1. incompatible (with)
    (みず)()相容(あいい)れない
    Mizu to hi wa aiirenai.
    Water and fire are incompatible.

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN