妬ましい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
妬
ねた
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the verb 妬む (netamu).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

妬(ねた)ましい • (netamashii) -i (adverbial 妬(ねた)ましく (netamashiku))

  1. jealous
  2. enviable

Inflection

Inflection of 妬ましい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 妬ましかろ ねたましかろ netamashikaro
Continuative (連用形) 妬ましく ねたましく netamashiku
Terminal (終止形) 妬ましい ねたましい netamashii
Attributive (連体形) 妬ましい ねたましい netamashii
Hypothetical (仮定形) 妬ましけれ ねたましけれ netamashikere
Imperative (命令形) 妬ましかれ ねたましかれ netamashikare
Key constructions
Informal negative 妬ましくない ねたましくない netamashiku nai
Informal past 妬ましかった ねたましかった netamashikatta
Informal negative past 妬ましくなかった ねたましくなかった netamashiku nakatta
Formal 妬ましいです ねたましいです netamashii desu
Formal negative 妬ましくないです ねたましくないです netamashiku nai desu
Formal past 妬ましかったです ねたましかったです netamashikatta desu
Formal negative past 妬ましくなかったです ねたましくなかったです netamashiku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 妬ましくて ねたましくて netamashikute
Conditional 妬ましければ ねたましければ netamashikereba
Provisional 妬ましかったら ねたましかったら netamashikattara
Volitional 妬ましかろう ねたましかろう netamashikarō
Adverbial 妬ましく ねたましく netamashiku
Degree 妬ましさ ねたましさ netamashisa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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