著しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いちじる
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
著しい (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (ichi-, very) +‎ 著し (shirushi, clear, obvious, conspicuous, a ku-adjective).

Attested in the Heian period as a ku-adjective pronounced いちしるし (ichishirushi). Since the Muromachi period, it became pronounced いちじるし (ichijirushi), where the shirushi changes to jirushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Since around the Edo period, it changed conjugation class and became a shiku-adjective.

The modern form is from いちじるしき (ichijirushiki), the 連体形 (rentaikei, attributive form) of the Late Middle Japanese shiku-adjective いちじるし (ichijirushi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "著しい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 著しく ちじるしく
ちじるし

Terminal (終止形) 著しい ちじるし
Attributive (連体形) 著しい ちじるし
Key constructions
Informal negative 著しくない ちじるしくない
ちじるしくない

Informal past 著しかった ちじるしかった
ちじるしかった

Informal negative past 著しくなかった ちじるしくなかった
ちじるしくなかった

Formal 著しいです ちじるしいです
Conjunctive 著しくて ちじるしくて
ちじるしくて

Conditional 著しければ ちじるしければ
ちじるしければ

Adjective

(いちじる)しい (ichijirushii-i (adverbial (いちじる)しく (ichijirushiku))

  1. significant, remarkable (having noticeable effect)

Inflection

References

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