素っ気無い

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 1

Grade: 4
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
素っ氣無い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Shift from 素気(すげ)ない (sugenai)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞k̚ke̞na̠i]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "素っ気無い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 素っ気無く っけな [sòkkénáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 素っ気無い っけな [sòkkénáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 素っ気無い っけな [sòkkénáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 素っ気無くない っけなくない [sòkkénáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 素っ気無かった っけなかった [sòkkénáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 素っ気無くなかった っけなくなかった [sòkkénákúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 素っ気無いです っけないです [sòkkénáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 素っ気無くて っけなくて [sòkkénáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 素っ気無ければ っけなければ [sòkkénáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

()()() • (sokkenai) -i (adverbial ()()() (sokkenaku))

  1. cold, short, brusque, curt

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Inflection

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