腹黒い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
腹 黒
はら
Grade: 6 		くろ > ぐろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
腹黑い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

腹(はら)黒(ぐろ)い • (haraguroi) -i (adverbial 腹(はら)黒(ぐろ)く (haraguroku))

  1. malicious (hurtful)
  2. devious (of a person)

Inflection

Inflection of 腹黒い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 腹黒かろ はらぐろかろ haragurokaro
Continuative (連用形) 腹黒く はらぐろく haraguroku
Terminal (終止形) 腹黒い はらぐろい haraguroi
Attributive (連体形) 腹黒い はらぐろい haraguroi
Hypothetical (仮定形) 腹黒けれ はらぐろけれ haragurokere
Imperative (命令形) 腹黒かれ はらぐろかれ haragurokare
Key constructions
Informal negative 腹黒くない はらぐろくない haraguroku nai
Informal past 腹黒かった はらぐろかった haragurokatta
Informal negative past 腹黒くなかった はらぐろくなかった haraguroku nakatta
Formal 腹黒いです はらぐろいです haraguroi desu
Formal negative 腹黒くないです はらぐろくないです haraguroku nai desu
Formal past 腹黒かったです はらぐろかったです haragurokatta desu
Formal negative past 腹黒くなかったです はらぐろくなかったです haraguroku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 腹黒くて はらぐろくて haragurokute
Conditional 腹黒ければ はらぐろければ haragurokereba
Provisional 腹黒かったら はらぐろかったら haragurokattara
Volitional 腹黒かろう はらぐろかろう haragurokarō
Adverbial 腹黒く はらぐろく haraguroku
Degree 腹黒さ はらぐろさ haragurosa

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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