訝しい

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
いぶか
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Some sources cite this first as ipukasi- in the Nihon Shoki of 720;[1] however, that may only be traceable to supplemental glosses added later to the kanbun original. Other references cite this to the Man'yōshū of 759,[2][3][4] where this word is attestable in both rebus and phonetic spellings.[5]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「訝しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 訝しく ぶかしく
ぶかし

Terminal (終止形) 訝しい ぶかし
Attributive (連体形) 訝しい ぶかし
Key constructions
Informal negative 訝しくない ぶかしくない
ぶかしくない

Informal past 訝しかった ぶかしかった
ぶかしかった

Informal negative past 訝しくなかった ぶかしくなかった
ぶかしくなかった

Formal 訝しいです ぶかしいです
Conjunctive 訝しくて ぶかしくて
ぶかしくて

Conditional 訝しければ ぶかしければ
ぶかしければ

Adjective

(いぶか)しい (ibukashii-i (adverbial (いぶか)しく (ibukashiku))

  1. suspicious, disbelieving
  2. doubtful, fishy

Inflection

References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ * Rebus spelling as 言借:
    • Phonetic spelling as 伊布可之:
    • Phonetic spelling as 伊布可思:
  6. ^ 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