細い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほそ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "細い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 細く そく

Terminal (終止形) 細い
Attributive (連体形) 細い
Key constructions
Informal negative 細くない そくない
くない

Informal past 細かった そかった
かった

Informal negative past 細くなかった そくなかった
くなかった

Formal 細いです いです
Conjunctive 細くて そくて
くて

Conditional 細ければ そければ
ければ

Adjective

(ほそ) (hosoi-i (adverbial (ほそ) (hosoku))

  1. thin, slender

Inflection

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN