生憎

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あい
Grade: 1
(ateji)
にく
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
生憎 (kyūjitai)
合憎

Etymology

Shift from あやにく (ayaniku),[1][2][3][4]from あや (aya, an interjection) + にく (niku, root of adjective (にく) (nikui, hateful, detestable, abominable))[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(あい)(にく) (ainiku-na (adnominal (あい)(にく) (ainiku na), adverbial (あい)(にく) (ainiku ni))

  1. unfortunate, unfortunately
  2. I'm sorry to say that...

Inflection

Noun

(あい)(にく) (ainiku

  1. unluckiness, bad timing
    あいにく(あめ)試合(しあい)中止(ちゅうし)になった。
    Ainiku no ame de shiai wa chūshi ni natta.
    The game was called off due to the ill-timed rain.

See also

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 生憎”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  5. ^ 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