苦笑い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦 笑
にが
Grade: 3 		わら
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

苦(にが)笑(わら)い • (nigawarai) -i (adverbial 苦(にが)笑(わら)く (nigawaraku))

  1. bitter/forced/wry smile/laugh

Inflection

Inflection of 苦笑い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 苦笑かろ にがわらかろ nigawarakaro
Continuative (連用形) 苦笑く にがわらく nigawaraku
Terminal (終止形) 苦笑い にがわらい nigawarai
Attributive (連体形) 苦笑い にがわらい nigawarai
Hypothetical (仮定形) 苦笑けれ にがわらけれ nigawarakere
Imperative (命令形) 苦笑かれ にがわらかれ nigawarakare
Key constructions
Informal negative 苦笑くない にがわらくない nigawaraku nai
Informal past 苦笑かった にがわらかった nigawarakatta
Informal negative past 苦笑くなかった にがわらくなかった nigawaraku nakatta
Formal 苦笑いです にがわらいです nigawarai desu
Formal negative 苦笑くないです にがわらくないです nigawaraku nai desu
Formal past 苦笑かったです にがわらかったです nigawarakatta desu
Formal negative past 苦笑くなかったです にがわらくなかったです nigawaraku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 苦笑くて にがわらくて nigawarakute
Conditional 苦笑ければ にがわらければ nigawarakereba
Provisional 苦笑かったら にがわらかったら nigawarakattara
Volitional 苦笑かろう にがわらかろう nigawarakarō
Adverbial 苦笑く にがわらく nigawaraku
Degree 苦笑さ にがわらさ nigawarasa

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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