甘っちょろい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
甘
あま
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 甘 +‎ っ +‎ ちょろい.

Pronunciation

Adjective

甘(あま)っちょろい • (amatchoroi) -i (adverbial 甘(あま)っちょろく (amatchoroku))

  1. overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
    考(かんが)え方(かた)が甘(あま)っちょろい
    kangaekata ga amatchoroi
    a naive way of thinking

Inflection

Inflection of 甘っちょろい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 甘っちょろかろ あまっちょろかろ amatchorokaro
Continuative (連用形) 甘っちょろく あまっちょろく amatchoroku
Terminal (終止形) 甘っちょろい あまっちょろい amatchoroi
Attributive (連体形) 甘っちょろい あまっちょろい amatchoroi
Hypothetical (仮定形) 甘っちょろけれ あまっちょろけれ amatchorokere
Imperative (命令形) 甘っちょろかれ あまっちょろかれ amatchorokare
Key constructions
Informal negative 甘っちょろくない あまっちょろくない amatchoroku nai
Informal past 甘っちょろかった あまっちょろかった amatchorokatta
Informal negative past 甘っちょろくなかった あまっちょろくなかった amatchoroku nakatta
Formal 甘っちょろいです あまっちょろいです amatchoroi desu
Formal negative 甘っちょろくないです あまっちょろくないです amatchoroku nai desu
Formal past 甘っちょろかったです あまっちょろかったです amatchorokatta desu
Formal negative past 甘っちょろくなかったです あまっちょろくなかったです amatchoroku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 甘っちょろくて あまっちょろくて amatchorokute
Conditional 甘っちょろければ あまっちょろければ amatchorokereba
Provisional 甘っちょろかったら あまっちょろかったら amatchorokattara
Volitional 甘っちょろかろう あまっちょろかろう amatchorokarō
Adverbial 甘っちょろく あまっちょろく amatchoroku
Degree 甘っちょろさ あまっちょろさ amatchorosa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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