悔しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くや
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
悔しい (kyūjitai)
口惜しい

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]

Ultimately derived from classical verb 悔ゆ (kuyu, to regret), modern 悔いる (kuiru, to regret).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「悔しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 悔しく しく
やし

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

Informal past 悔しかった しかった
やしかった

Informal negative past 悔しくなかった しくなかった
やしくなかった

Formal 悔しいです やしいです
Conjunctive 悔しくて しくて
やしくて

Conditional 悔しければ しければ
やしければ

Adjective

(くや)しい (kuyashii-i (adverbial (くや)しく (kuyashiku))

  1. regrettable, frustrating, vexing

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 悔・口惜”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN