忌ま忌ましい

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
忌々しい

Etymology[edit]

()() (imaima, reduplication of () (ima), the mizenkei stem of 忌む (imu)) + しい (-shii, adjectivizing suffix evoking quality of the suffixed term).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

()()ましい (imaimashii-i (adverbial ()()ましく (imaimashiku))

  1. annoying
    Synonym: 腹立たしい (haradatashii)

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN