面白い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 3
しろ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From (omo, face) +‎ 白い (shiroi, white).

Cognate with Okinawan うむっさん (umussan) and Miyako うむっし (umusshi).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「面白い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 面白く もしろく
もしろ

Terminal (終止形) 面白い もしろ
Attributive (連体形) 面白い もしろ
Key constructions
Informal negative 面白くない もしろくない
もしろくない

Informal past 面白かった もしろかった
もしろかった

Informal negative past 面白くなかった もしろくなかった
もしろくなかった

Formal 面白いです もしろいです
Conjunctive 面白くて もしろくて
もしろくて

Conditional 面白ければ もしろければ
もしろければ

Adjective

(おも)(しろ) (omoshiroi-i (adverbial (おも)(しろ) (omoshiroku))

  1. interesting; amusing
    Antonym: つまらない (tsumaranai, dull)
    面白(おもしろ)豆知識(まめちしき)
    omoshiroi mamechishiki
    interesting trivia
    面白(おもしろ)(おも)
    omoshiroku omou
    to find interesting
  2. funny
    Antonym: つまらない (tsumaranai, dull)

Inflection