定め無い
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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定 | 無 |
さだ Grade: 3 |
な Grade: 4 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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定めない |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 定め (sadame, “fate; rule, law”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 定める sadameru “to decide, to establish, to settle”) + 無い (nai, “there isn't, does not exist”): literally, “there is no set fate”, and by extension, “changeable”.[1]
Note that this is distinct from the negative form of verb 定める (sadameru), 定めない (sadamenai), although both have the same reading and inflection.[1] Both senses of sadamenai are often written using hiragana for the nai portion. In such cases, the intended sense can be discerned from the context.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]定め無い • (sadamenai) -i (adverbial 定め無く (sadamenaku))
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of 定め無い
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 定め無かろ | さだめなかろ | sadamenakaro |
Continuative (連用形) | 定め無く | さだめなく | sadamenaku |
Terminal (終止形) | 定め無い | さだめない | sadamenai |
Attributive (連体形) | 定め無い | さだめない | sadamenai |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 定め無けれ | さだめなけれ | sadamenakere |
Imperative (命令形) | 定め無かれ | さだめなかれ | sadamenakare |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | 定め無くない | さだめなくない | sadamenaku nai |
Informal past | 定め無かった | さだめなかった | sadamenakatta |
Informal negative past | 定め無くなかった | さだめなくなかった | sadamenaku nakatta |
Formal | 定め無いです | さだめないです | sadamenai desu |
Formal negative | 定め無くないです | さだめなくないです | sadamenaku nai desu |
Formal past | 定め無かったです | さだめなかったです | sadamenakatta desu |
Formal negative past | 定め無くなかったです | さだめなくなかったです | sadamenaku nakatta desu |
Conjunctive | 定め無くて | さだめなくて | sadamenakute |
Conditional | 定め無ければ | さだめなければ | sadamenakereba |
Provisional | 定め無かったら | さだめなかったら | sadamenakattara |
Volitional | 定め無かろう | さだめなかろう | sadamenakarō |
Adverbial | 定め無く | さだめなく | sadamenaku |
Degree | 定め無さ | さだめなさ | sadamenasa |
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 定 read as さだ
- Japanese terms spelled with 無 read as な
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
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- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese adjectives
- Japanese い-i adjectives
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
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- Japanese terms with 2 kanji