きつい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
緊い

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "きつい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) きつく つく [kìtsúkú]
Terminal (終止形) きつい つい
[kìtsúí]
[kìtsúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) きつい つい [kìtsúí]
Key constructions
Informal negative きつくない つくな [kìtsúkúnáꜜì]
Informal past きつかった かった [kìtsúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past きつくなかった つくなかった [kìtsúkúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal きついです いです [kìtsúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive きつくて くて [kìtsúꜜkùtè]
Conditional きつければ ければ [kìtsúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

きつい • (kitsui) -i (adverbial きつく (kitsuku))

  1. tight, close
  2. intense, severe, hard, demanding
  3. determined, forceful, formidable

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
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