黄色い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
いろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
黃色い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From ()(いろ) (kiiro) + (-i).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「黄色い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 黄色く いろく
Terminal (終止形) 黄色い いろい
いろ

Attributive (連体形) 黄色い いろい
Key constructions
Informal negative 黄色くない いろくな
Informal past 黄色かった いろかった
Informal negative past 黄色くなかった いろくなかった
Formal 黄色いです いろいです
Conjunctive 黄色くて いろくて
Conditional 黄色ければ いろければ

Adjective

()(いろ) (kiiroi-i (adverbial ()(いろ) (kiiroku))

  1. yellow
    Synonym: (Hakata) きない (kinai)
    (きん)()(いろ)です。
    Kin wa kiiroi desu.
    Gold is yellow.
  2. (of a voice) high-pitched
    Synonym: かんだかい (kandakai)
    ()(いろ)(せい)(えん)
    kiiroi seien
    shrill cheering

Usage notes

Not used in imperative form. If you want to express the same meaning, you should use 黄色くなれ (kiirokunare).

Inflection

References

  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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.