頼もしい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
たの
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
賴もしい (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "頼もしい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 頼もしく のもしく
のもし

Terminal (終止形) 頼もしい のもし
Attributive (連体形) 頼もしい のもし
Key constructions
Informal negative 頼もしくない のもしくない
のもしくない

Informal past 頼もしかった のもしかった
のもしかった

Informal negative past 頼もしくなかった のもしくなかった
のもしくなかった

Formal 頼もしいです のもしいです
Conjunctive 頼もしくて のもしくて
のもしくて

Conditional 頼もしければ のもしければ
のもしければ

Adjective

(たの)もしい (tanomoshii-i (adverbial (たの)もしく (tanomoshiku))

  1. reliable, trustworthy

Inflection