忌ま忌ましい

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
忌々しい

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

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, 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 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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