淡い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
淡
あわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

淡(あわ)い • (awai) ←あはい (afai)?-i (adverbial 淡(あわ)く (awaku))

  1. pale; light
    淡(あわ)い水色(みずいろ)のシャツを着(き)ていた。
    Awai mizuiro no shatsu o kiteita.
    He was wearing a pastel blue shirt.
  2. dim; indistinct; low in contrast; less in degree
    淡(あわ)い霧(きり)につつまれている。
    Awai kiri ni tsutsumarete iru.
    It is surrounded by thin fog.
    彼(かれ)に淡(あわ)い期待(きたい)をよせている。
    Kare ni awai kitai o yosete iru.
    I have low expectations of him.

Inflection

Inflection of 淡い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 淡かろ あわかろ awakaro
Continuative (連用形) 淡く あわく awaku
Terminal (終止形) 淡い あわい awai
Attributive (連体形) 淡い あわい awai
Hypothetical (仮定形) 淡けれ あわけれ awakere
Imperative (命令形) 淡かれ あわかれ awakare
Key constructions
Informal negative 淡くない あわくない awaku nai
Informal past 淡かった あわかった awakatta
Informal negative past 淡くなかった あわくなかった awaku nakatta
Formal 淡いです あわいです awai desu
Formal negative 淡くないです あわくないです awaku nai desu
Formal past 淡かったです あわかったです awakatta desu
Formal negative past 淡くなかったです あわくなかったです awaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 淡くて あわくて awakute
Conditional 淡ければ あわければ awakereba
Provisional 淡かったら あわかったら awakattara
Volitional 淡かろう あわかろう awakarō
Adverbial 淡く あわく awaku
Degree 淡さ あわさ awasa

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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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