茶色い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちゃ
Grade: 2
いろ
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From 茶色(ちゃいろ) (chairo) + (-i).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「茶色い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 茶色く ちゃいろく
Terminal (終止形) 茶色い ちゃいろい
ちゃいろ

Attributive (連体形) 茶色い ちゃいろい
Key constructions
Informal negative 茶色くない ちゃいろくな
Informal past 茶色かった ちゃいろかった
Informal negative past 茶色くなかった ちゃいろくなかった
Formal 茶色いです ちゃいろいです
Conjunctive 茶色くて ちゃいろくて
Conditional 茶色ければ ちゃいろければ

Adjective

(ちゃ)(いろ) (chairoi-i (adverbial (ちゃ)(いろ) (chairoku))

  1. brown

Inflection

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.