貧しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
まず
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「貧しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 貧しく しく
ずし

Terminal (終止形) 貧しい ずし
Attributive (連体形) 貧しい ずし
Key constructions
Informal negative 貧しくない しくない
ずしくない

Informal past 貧しかった しかった
ずしかった

Informal negative past 貧しくなかった しくなかった
ずしくなかった

Formal 貧しいです ずしいです
Conjunctive 貧しくて しくて
ずしくて

Conditional 貧しければ しければ
ずしければ

Adjective

(まず)しい (mazushiiまづしい (madusii)?-i (adverbial (まず)しく (mazushiku))

  1. poor (impoverished, lacking in wealth)
  2. lacking, scanty

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN