誇らしい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
誇
ほこ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From verb 誇る (hokoru).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

誇(ほこ)らしい • (hokorashii) -i (adverbial 誇(ほこ)らしく (hokorashiku))

  1. proud

Inflection

Inflection of 誇らしい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 誇らしかろ ほこらしかろ hokorashikaro
Continuative (連用形) 誇らしく ほこらしく hokorashiku
Terminal (終止形) 誇らしい ほこらしい hokorashii
Attributive (連体形) 誇らしい ほこらしい hokorashii
Hypothetical (仮定形) 誇らしけれ ほこらしけれ hokorashikere
Imperative (命令形) 誇らしかれ ほこらしかれ hokorashikare
Key constructions
Informal negative 誇らしくない ほこらしくない hokorashiku nai
Informal past 誇らしかった ほこらしかった hokorashikatta
Informal negative past 誇らしくなかった ほこらしくなかった hokorashiku nakatta
Formal 誇らしいです ほこらしいです hokorashii desu
Formal negative 誇らしくないです ほこらしくないです hokorashiku nai desu
Formal past 誇らしかったです ほこらしかったです hokorashikatta desu
Formal negative past 誇らしくなかったです ほこらしくなかったです hokorashiku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 誇らしくて ほこらしくて hokorashikute
Conditional 誇らしければ ほこらしければ hokorashikereba
Provisional 誇らしかったら ほこらしかったら hokorashikattara
Volitional 誇らしかろう ほこらしかろう hokorashikarō
Adverbial 誇らしく ほこらしく hokorashiku
Degree 誇らしさ ほこらしさ hokorashisa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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