険しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
けわ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
險しい (kyūjitai)
嶮しい

Pronunciation

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

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

Informal past 険しかった しかった
わしかった

Informal negative past 険しくなかった しくなかった
わしくなかった

Formal 険しいです わしいです
Conjunctive 険しくて しくて
わしくて

Conditional 険しければ しければ
わしければ

Adjective

(けわ)しい (kewashiiけはしい (kefasii)?-i (adverbial (けわ)しく (kewashiku))

  1. steep, rugged
  2. grim, stern

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN