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Japanese
Etymology
From Old Japanese 太し (puto1si).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「太い」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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Stem forms
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Continuative (連用形)
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太く
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ふとく ふとく
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Terminal (終止形)
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太い
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ふとい
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Attributive (連体形)
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太い
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ふとい
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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太くない
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ふとくない ふとくない
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Informal past
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太かった
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ふとかった ふとかった
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Informal negative past
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太くなかった
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ふとくなかった ふとくなかった
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Formal
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太いです
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ふといです
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Conjunctive
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太くて
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ふとくて ふとくて
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Conditional
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太ければ
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ふとければ ふとければ
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Adjective
太い • (futoi) -i (adverbial 太く (futoku))
- large (of size):
- big (of linear objects)
- fat
- deep sounding (of a voice or a breath)
- rich
- huge
- (archery) wide distance of a bow
- rough (of the eyes)
- rich (of spirit):
- bold, brave, undisturbed, stable
- shameless
- majestic
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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太かろ
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ふとかろ
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futokaro
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Continuative (連用形)
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太く
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ふとく
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futoku
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Terminal (終止形)
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太い
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ふとい
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futoi
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Attributive (連体形)
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太い
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ふとい
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futoi
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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太けれ
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ふとけれ
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futokere
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Imperative (命令形)
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太かれ
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ふとかれ
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futokare
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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太くない
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ふとくない
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futoku nai
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Informal past
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太かった
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ふとかった
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futokatta
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Informal negative past
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太くなかった
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ふとくなかった
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futoku nakatta
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Formal
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太いです
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ふといです
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futoi desu
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Formal negative
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太くないです
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ふとくないです
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futoku nai desu
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Formal past
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太かったです
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ふとかったです
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futokatta desu
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Formal negative past
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太くなかったです
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ふとくなかったです
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futoku nakatta desu
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Conjunctive
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太くて
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ふとくて
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futokute
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Conditional
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太ければ
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ふとければ
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futokereba
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Provisional
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太かったら
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ふとかったら
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futokattara
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Volitional
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太かろう
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ふとかろう
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futokarō
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Adverbial
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太く
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ふとく
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futoku
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Degree
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太さ
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ふとさ
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futosa
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Hyponyms
- (deep sounding (of a voice or breath)): 野太い (nobutoi)
References
- ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 638
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “ふと・い 【太】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
- ^ 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