細い
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 細 |
| ほそ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 細し (fososhi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 細い
| Plain | 細い | ほそい | [hòsóꜜì] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conjunctive | 細くて | ほそくて ほそくて |
[hòsóꜜkùtè] [hóꜜsòkùtè] |
| Continuative | 細く | ほそく ほそく |
[hòsóꜜkù] [hóꜜsòkù] |
| Negative | 細くない | ほそくない ほそくない |
[hòsóꜜkù nàì] [hóꜜsòkù nàì] |
| Past | 細かった | ほそかった ほそかった |
[hòsóꜜkàttà] [hóꜜsòkàttà] |
| Negative past | 細くなかった | ほそくなかった ほそくなかった |
[hòsóꜜkù nàkàttà] [hóꜜsòkù nàkàttà] |
| Conditional | 細ければ | ほそければ ほそければ |
[hòsóꜜkèrèbà] [hóꜜsòkèrèbà] |
| Terminal | 細い | ほそい | [hòsóꜜì] |
| Formal | 細いです | ほそいです | [hòsóꜜì dèsù] |
Adjective
[edit]細い • (hosoi) -i (adverbial 細く (hosoku))
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of 細い
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 細かろ | ほそかろ | hosokaro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 細く | ほそく | hosoku |
| Terminal (終止形) | 細い | ほそい | hosoi |
| Attributive (連体形) | 細い | ほそい | hosoi |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 細けれ | ほそけれ | hosokere |
| Imperative (命令形) | 細かれ | ほそかれ | hosokare |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 細くない | ほそくない | hosoku nai |
| Informal past | 細かった | ほそかった | hosokatta |
| Informal negative past | 細くなかった | ほそくなかった | hosoku nakatta |
| Formal | 細いです | ほそいです | hosoi desu |
| Formal negative | 細くないです | ほそくないです | hosoku nai desu |
| Formal past | 細かったです | ほそかったです | hosokatta desu |
| Formal negative past | 細くなかったです | ほそくなかったです | hosoku nakatta desu |
| Conjunctive | 細くて | ほそくて | hosokute |
| Conditional | 細ければ | ほそければ | hosokereba |
| Provisional | 細かったら | ほそかったら | hosokattara |
| Volitional | 細かろう | ほそかろう | hosokarō |
| Adverbial | 細く | ほそく | hosoku |
| Degree | 細さ | ほそさ | hososa |
Derived terms
[edit]- 細る (hosoru, “to thin, to become thin”)
See also
[edit]- 薄い (usui, “thin (of surfaces)”)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “細い”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
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- Japanese terms inherited from Early Middle Japanese
- Japanese terms derived from Early Middle Japanese
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