堅苦しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
かた
Grade: S
くる
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "堅苦しい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 堅苦しく たくるしく
たくるし

Terminal (終止形) 堅苦しい たくるし
Attributive (連体形) 堅苦しい たくるし
Key constructions
Informal negative 堅苦しくない たくるしくない
たくるしくない

Informal past 堅苦しかった たくるしかった
たくるしかった

Informal negative past 堅苦しくなかった たくるしくなかった
たくるしくなかった

Formal 堅苦しいです たくるしいです
Conjunctive 堅苦しくて たくるしくて
たくるしくて

Conditional 堅苦しければ たくるしければ
たくるしければ

Adjective

(かた)(くる)しい (katakurushii-i (adverbial (かた)(くる)しく (katakurushiku))

  1. stiff, stilted, stuffy
    堅苦(かたくる)しい口調(くちょう)
    katakurushii kuchō
    stiff language

Inflection

References

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