鬱陶しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うつ > うっ
Grade: S
とう
Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

鬱陶(うっとう) (uttō, depressing) + しい (-shii, suffix used to form adjectives from nouns)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「うっとうしい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) うっとうしく っとーしく
っとーし

Terminal (終止形) うっとうしい っとーし
Attributive (連体形) うっとうしい っとーし
Key constructions
Informal negative うっとうしくない っとーしくない
っとーしくない

Informal past うっとうしかった っとーしかった
っとーしかった

Informal negative past うっとうしくなかった っとーしくなかった
っとーしくなかった

Formal うっとうしいです っとーしいです
Conjunctive うっとうしくて っとーしくて
っとーしくて

Conditional うっとうしければ っとーしければ
っとーしければ

Adjective

(うっ)(とう)しい (uttōshiiうつたうしい (ututausii)?-i (adverbial (うっ)(とう)しく (uttōshiku))

  1. annoying, pesky
  2. depressing, gloomy (weather)

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN