醜い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
みにく
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (mi, seeing, looking, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 見る (miru, to see, to look at)) +‎ 難い (nikui, hard to do, difficult), with a literal meaning of “hard to look at” or “difficult to see”.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "醜い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 醜く くく
にく
[mìníꜜkùkù]
[mìníkúꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 醜い にく [mìníkúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 醜い にく [mìníkúꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 醜くない くくない
にくくない
[mìníꜜkùkùnàì]
[mìníkúꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 醜かった くかった
にくかった
[mìníꜜkùkàttà]
[mìníkúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 醜くなかった くくなかった
にくくなかった
[mìníꜜkùkùnàkàttà]
[mìníkúꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 醜いです にくいです [mìníkúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 醜くて くくて
にくくて
[mìníꜜkùkùtè]
[mìníkúꜜkùtè]
Conditional 醜ければ くければ
にくければ
[mìníꜜkùkèrèbà]
[mìníkúꜜkèrèbà]

Alternative forms

Adjective

(みにく) (minikui-i (adverbial (みにく) (minikuku))

  1. ugly
  2. ignoble, mean, shabby, vile, vulgar
  3. difficult to distinguish, hard to make out

Usage notes

The 見難い spelling is more common for the “difficult to distinguish” sense.

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN