いさぎよい

Japanese
Alternative spelling
潔い

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いさぎよ​い [ìságíyóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [isa̠ɡʲijo̞i]

Adjective

いさぎよい • (isagiyoi) -i (adverbial いさぎよく (isagiyoku))

  1. (obsolete) pure; unsullied; clean
  2. determined; unhesitating
  3. noble; brave
    潔(いさぎよ)く諦(あきら)める
    isagiyoku akirameru
    to gracefully resign

Inflection
Inflection of いさぎよい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) いさぎよかろ isagiyokaro
Continuative (連用形) いさぎよく isagiyoku
Terminal (終止形) いさぎよい isagiyoi
Attributive (連体形) いさぎよい isagiyoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) いさぎよけれ isagiyokere
Imperative (命令形) いさぎよかれ isagiyokare
Key constructions
Informal negative いさぎよくない isagiyoku nai
Informal past いさぎよかった isagiyokatta
Informal negative past いさぎよくなかった isagiyoku nakatta
Formal いさぎよいです isagiyoi desu
Formal negative いさぎよくないです isagiyoku nai desu
Formal past いさぎよかったです isagiyokatta desu
Formal negative past いさぎよくなかったです isagiyoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive いさぎよくて isagiyokute
Conditional いさぎよければ isagiyokereba
Provisional いさぎよかったら isagiyokattara
Volitional いさぎよかろう isagiyokarō
Adverbial いさぎよく isagiyoku
Degree いさぎよさ isagiyosa

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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