かたじけない

Japanese

Alternative spellings
忝い
辱い

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) たじけな [kàtájíkénáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠ʑike̞na̠i]

Adjective

かたじけない • (katajikenai-i (adverbial かたじけなく (katajikenaku))

  1. (archaic) grateful, thankful
    それはかたじけない
    Sore wa katajikenai.
    I am grateful for this [favor].
    かたじけのうございます。
    Katajikenō gozaimasu.
    I am gratefulthank you.

Inflection

References

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