心強い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こころ
Grade: 2
つよ > づよ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From (kokoro, heart, feelings) + 強い (tsuyoi, strong).The tsuyoi changes to zuyoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「心強い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 心強く ころづよく
ころづよ

Terminal (終止形) 心強い ころづよ
Attributive (連体形) 心強い ころづよ
Key constructions
Informal negative 心強くない ころづよくない
ころづよくない

Informal past 心強かった ころづよかった
ころづよかった

Informal negative past 心強くなかった ころづよくなかった
ころづよくなかった

Formal 心強いです ころづよいです
Conjunctive 心強くて ころづよくて
ころづよくて

Conditional 心強ければ ころづよければ
ころづよければ

Adjective

(こころ)(づよ) (kokorozuyoi-i (adverbial (こころ)(づよ) (kokorozuyoku))

  1. reassuring, heartening

Inflection