涼しい

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
すず
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese 涼し (sususi, suzusi, cold, refreshing, cool), following シク活用 (shiku katsuyō, -shiku conjugation). First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, and the Man'yōshū, completed sometime after 759 CE.[1]

May ultimately derive from onomatopoeia. Compare 涼む (suzumu, to cool down).

Pronunciation

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

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

Informal past 涼しかった しかった
ずしかった

Informal negative past 涼しくなかった しくなかった
ずしくなかった

Formal 涼しいです ずしいです
Conjunctive 涼しくて しくて
ずしくて

Conditional 涼しければ しければ
ずしければ

Adjective

(すず)しい (suzushii-i (adverbial (すず)しく (suzushiku))

  1. refreshing, cool

Inflection

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References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →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