詰まらない

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
詰らない

Etymology

Derived from 詰まら (tsumara, the 未然形 (mizenkei, incomplete or irrealis form) of verb 詰まる (tsumaru), “to be blocked) +‎ ない (-nai, adjectivizing suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「つまらない
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) つまらなく まらなく
Terminal (終止形) つまらない まらない
Attributive (連体形) つまらない まらない
Key constructions
Informal negative つまらなくない まらなくない
Informal past つまらなかった まらなかった
Informal negative past つまらなくなかった まらなくなかった
Formal つまらないです まらないです
Conjunctive つまらなくて まらなくて
Conditional つまらなければ まらなければ

Adjective

()まらない (tsumaranai-i (adverbial ()まらなく (tsumaranaku))

  1. boring
  2. trivial, insignificant, useless
    つまらないものですが()げましょう。
    Tsumaranai mono desu ga agemashō.
    It’s not much but give it to you.
  3. absurd, foolish, silly

Inflection

Derived terms

References

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