細かい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こま
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Terminal (終止形) 細かい まか
Attributive (連体形) 細かい まか
Key constructions
Informal negative 細かくない かくない
まかくない

Informal past 細かかった かかった
まかかった

Informal negative past 細かくなかった かくなかった
まかくなかった

Formal 細かいです まかいです
Conjunctive 細かくて かくて
まかくて

Conditional 細かければ かければ
まかければ

Adjective

(こま)かい (komakai-i (adverbial (こま)かく (komakaku))

  1. fine, detailed, small
  2. trivial, trifling
    (こま)かいことは()にしないでおこう。
    Komakai koto wa ki ni shinaideokō.
    Let's not worry about the little things.

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN