醜い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
醜
みにく
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 見 (mi, “seeing, looking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”)) +‎ 難い (nikui, “hard to do, difficult”), with a literal meaning of “hard to look at” or “difficult to see”.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「醜い」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 醜く みにくく
みにくく
Terminal (終止形) 醜い みにくい
Attributive (連体形) 醜い みにくい
Key constructions
Informal negative 醜くない みにくくない
みにくくない
Informal past 醜かった みにくかった
みにくかった
Informal negative past 醜くなかった みにくくなかった
みにくくなかった
Formal 醜いです みにくいです
Conjunctive 醜くて みにくくて
みにくくて
Conditional 醜ければ みにくければ
みにくければ

Adjective

醜(みにく)い • (minikui) -i (adverbial 醜(みにく)く (minikuku))

  1. ugly
  2. ignoble, mean, shabby, vile, vulgar
  3. difficult to distinguish, hard to make out

Usage notes

The 見難い spelling is more common for the “difficult to distinguish” sense.

Inflection

Inflection of 醜い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 醜かろ みにくかろ minikukaro
Continuative (連用形) 醜く みにくく minikuku
Terminal (終止形) 醜い みにくい minikui
Attributive (連体形) 醜い みにくい minikui
Hypothetical (仮定形) 醜けれ みにくけれ minikukere
Imperative (命令形) 醜かれ みにくかれ minikukare
Key constructions
Informal negative 醜くない みにくくない minikuku nai
Informal past 醜かった みにくかった minikukatta
Informal negative past 醜くなかった みにくくなかった minikuku nakatta
Formal 醜いです みにくいです minikui desu
Formal negative 醜くないです みにくくないです minikuku nai desu
Formal past 醜かったです みにくかったです minikukatta desu
Formal negative past 醜くなかったです みにくくなかったです minikuku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 醜くて みにくくて minikukute
Conditional 醜ければ みにくければ minikukereba
Provisional 醜かったら みにくかったら minikukattara
Volitional 醜かろう みにくかろう minikukarō
Adverbial 醜く みにくく minikuku
Degree 醜さ みにくさ minikusa

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
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