算盤高い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
算 盤 高
そろ
Grade: 2 		ばん
Grade: S 		たか > だか
Grade: 2
irregular goon kun'yomi

Etymology

From 算盤 (soroban, “abacus”) +‎ 高い (takai, “high”).

The takai changes to dakai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adjective

算(そろ)盤(ばん)高(だか)い • (sorobandakai) -i (adverbial 算(そろ)盤(ばん)高(だか)く (sorobandakaku))

  1. calculating, miserly, stingy
    Synonyms: 勘定高い (kanjōdakai), 計算高い (keisandakai)

Inflection

Inflection of 算盤高い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 算盤高かろ そろばんだかかろ sorobandakakaro
Continuative (連用形) 算盤高く そろばんだかく sorobandakaku
Terminal (終止形) 算盤高い そろばんだかい sorobandakai
Attributive (連体形) 算盤高い そろばんだかい sorobandakai
Hypothetical (仮定形) 算盤高けれ そろばんだかけれ sorobandakakere
Imperative (命令形) 算盤高かれ そろばんだかかれ sorobandakakare
Key constructions
Informal negative 算盤高くない そろばんだかくない sorobandakaku nai
Informal past 算盤高かった そろばんだかかった sorobandakakatta
Informal negative past 算盤高くなかった そろばんだかくなかった sorobandakaku nakatta
Formal 算盤高いです そろばんだかいです sorobandakai desu
Formal negative 算盤高くないです そろばんだかくないです sorobandakaku nai desu
Formal past 算盤高かったです そろばんだかかったです sorobandakakatta desu
Formal negative past 算盤高くなかったです そろばんだかくなかったです sorobandakaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 算盤高くて そろばんだかくて sorobandakakute
Conditional 算盤高ければ そろばんだかければ sorobandakakereba
Provisional 算盤高かったら そろばんだかかったら sorobandakakattara
Volitional 算盤高かろう そろばんだかかろう sorobandakakarō
Adverbial 算盤高く そろばんだかく sorobandakaku
Degree 算盤高さ そろばんだかさ sorobandakasa

References

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