脆い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
もろ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「脆い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 脆く ろく

Terminal (終止形) 脆い
Attributive (連体形) 脆い
Key constructions
Informal negative 脆くない ろくない
くない

Informal past 脆かった ろかった
かった

Informal negative past 脆くなかった ろくなかった
くなかった

Formal 脆いです いです
Conjunctive 脆くて ろくて
くて

Conditional 脆ければ ろければ
ければ

Adjective

(もろ) (moroi-i (adverbial (もろ) (moroku))

  1. fragile, vulnerable, weak
    Synonym: 弱い (yowai)
    Antonyms: 固い (katai), 強い (tsuyoi)
  2. easily emotionally moved

Inflection

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. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN