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Japanese
Etymology 1
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pirə.
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「広い」
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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| Stem forms
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| Continuative (連用形)
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広く
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ひろく
ひろく
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| Terminal (終止形)
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広い
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ひろい
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| Attributive (連体形)
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広い
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ひろい
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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広くない
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ひろくない
ひろくない
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| Informal past
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広かった
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ひろかった
ひろかった
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| Informal negative past
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広くなかった
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ひろくなかった
ひろくなかった
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| Formal
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広いです
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ひろいです
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| Conjunctive
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広くて
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ひろくて
ひろくて
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| Conditional
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広ければ
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ひろければ
ひろければ
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Adjective
ひろい • (hiroi) -i (adverbial ひろく (hiroku))
- 広い, 弘い, 宏い: wide, broad
- その川は広い。
- Sono kawa wa hiroi.
- That river is wide.
- 広い, 弘い, 宏い: spacious
- 一番広い都道府県
- ichiban hiroi todōfuken
- largest prefecture of Japan
- 広い, 弘い, 宏い: vast, large
- 広い, 弘い, 宏い, 博い: broad, wide-ranging
Inflection
| Stem forms
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| Imperfective (未然形)
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ひろかろ
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hirokaro
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| Continuative (連用形)
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ひろく
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hiroku
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| Terminal (終止形)
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ひろい
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hiroi
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| Attributive (連体形)
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ひろい
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hiroi
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| Hypothetical (仮定形)
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ひろけれ
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hirokere
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| Imperative (命令形)
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ひろかれ
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hirokare
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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ひろくない
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hiroku nai
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| Informal past
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ひろかった
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hirokatta
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| Informal negative past
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ひろくなかった
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hiroku nakatta
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| Formal
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ひろいです
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hiroi desu
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| Formal negative
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ひろくないです
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hiroku nai desu
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| Formal past
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ひろかったです
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hirokatta desu
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| Formal negative past
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ひろくなかったです
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hiroku nakatta desu
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| Conjunctive
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ひろくて
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hirokute
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| Conditional
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ひろければ
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hirokereba
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| Provisional
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ひろかったら
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hirokattara
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| Volitional
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ひろかろう
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hirokarō
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| Adverbial
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ひろく
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hiroku
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| Degree
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ひろさ
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hirosa
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “wide or spacious”): 狭い (semai)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- だだっ広い (dadappiroi), 徒広い (dadappiroi): excessively spacious
- 世間は広い様で狭い (seken wa hiroi yō de semai): it's a small world after all
- 幅の広い (haba no hiroi): wide, broad
- 幅広い (habahiroi): extensive, wide, broad
- 広い支持 (hiroi shiji): broad support, wide-ranging support
- 広い額 (hiroi hitai): high brow, broad forehead
- 心が広い (kokoro ga hiroi): generous, big-hearted
- 心の広い (kokoro no hiroi): generous, big-hearted
- 手広い (tebiroi): spacious, roomy
- 用途が広い (yōto ga hiroi): versatile
- 用途の広い (yōto no hiroi): versatile
- 肩身が広い (katami ga hiroi): feeling proud
- 顔が広い (kao ga hiroi): well connected, well known
- 顔の広い (kao no hiroi): well known, well connected
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of ひろい – see the following entry.
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(This term, ひろい (hiroi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ひろい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひろい.)
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