脇が甘い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
脇 甘
わき
Grade: S 		あま
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Originally a sumo term, compound of 脇 +‎ が +‎ 甘い

Adjective

脇(わき)が甘(あま)い • (waki ga amai) -i (adverbial 脇(わき)が甘(あま)く (waki ga amaku))

  1. (idiomatic) to be vulnerable
  2. (sumo) poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip​

Inflection

Inflection of 脇が甘い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 脇が甘かろ わきがあまかろ waki ga amakaro
Continuative (連用形) 脇が甘く わきがあまく waki ga amaku
Terminal (終止形) 脇が甘い わきがあまい waki ga amai
Attributive (連体形) 脇が甘い わきがあまい waki ga amai
Hypothetical (仮定形) 脇が甘けれ わきがあまけれ waki ga amakere
Imperative (命令形) 脇が甘かれ わきがあまかれ waki ga amakare
Key constructions
Informal negative 脇が甘くない わきがあまくない waki ga amaku nai
Informal past 脇が甘かった わきがあまかった waki ga amakatta
Informal negative past 脇が甘くなかった わきがあまくなかった waki ga amaku nakatta
Formal 脇が甘いです わきがあまいです waki ga amai desu
Formal negative 脇が甘くないです わきがあまくないです waki ga amaku nai desu
Formal past 脇が甘かったです わきがあまかったです waki ga amakatta desu
Formal negative past 脇が甘くなかったです わきがあまくなかったです waki ga amaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 脇が甘くて わきがあまくて waki ga amakute
Conditional 脇が甘ければ わきがあまければ waki ga amakereba
Provisional 脇が甘かったら わきがあまかったら waki ga amakattara
Volitional 脇が甘かろう わきがあまかろう waki ga amakarō
Adverbial 脇が甘く わきがあまく waki ga amaku
Degree 脇が甘さ わきがあまさ waki ga amasa
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