深い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふか
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *puka.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「深い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 深く かく

Terminal (終止形) 深い
Attributive (連体形) 深い
Key constructions
Informal negative 深くない かくない
くない

Informal past 深かった かかった
かった

Informal negative past 深くなかった かくなかった
くなかった

Formal 深いです いです
Conjunctive 深くて かくて
くて

Conditional 深ければ かければ
ければ

Adjective

(ふか) (fukai-i (adverbial (ふか) (fukaku))

  1. deep, profound
    (ふか)(もり)(おく)
    fukai mori no oku
    the depths of the dense forest
    (ふか)(ねむ)
    fukaku nemuru
    to be in a deep sleep
    (literally, “to sleep deeply”)
  2. thick
  3. close
Inflection
Antonyms

Etymology 2

The fukai changes to bukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Suffix

(ぶか) (-bukai-i (adverbial (ぶか) (-bukaku))

  1. deep, profound
Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ ”, 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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.