乏しい

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
とぼ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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

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

Informal past 乏しかった しかった
ぼしかった

Informal negative past 乏しくなかった しくなかった
ぼしくなかった

Formal 乏しいです ぼしいです
Conjunctive 乏しくて しくて
ぼしくて

Conditional 乏しければ しければ
ぼしければ

Adjective

(とぼ)しい (toboshii-i (adverbial (とぼ)しく (toboshiku))

  1. meager, scarce
Inflection

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とも
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
羨しい

Pronunciation

Adjective

(とも)しい (tomoshii-i (adverbial (とも)しく (tomoshiku))

  1. Synonym of 乏しい (toboshii)
Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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