ひろい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
広い
弘い
宏い
博い
裕い (rare)

Etymology 1

From the 連体形 (rentaikei, attributive form) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 広し (firoshi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out. From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pirə.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [hìróꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [çiɾo̞i]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「広い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 広く ろく
[híꜜròkù]
[hìróꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 広い [hìróꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 広い [hìróꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 広くない ろくない
くない
[híꜜròkùnàì]
[hìróꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 広かった ろかった
かった
[híꜜròkàttà]
[hìróꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 広くなかった ろくなかった
くなかった
[híꜜròkùnàkàttà]
[hìróꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 広いです いです [hìróꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 広くて ろくて
くて
[híꜜròkùtè]
[hìróꜜkùtè]
Conditional 広ければ ろければ
ければ
[híꜜròkèrèbà]
[hìróꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

ひろい • (hiroi-i (adverbial ひろく (hiroku))

  1. 広い, 弘い, 宏い: wide, broad
    その(かわ)(ひろ)
    Sono kawa wa hiroi.
    That river is wide.
  2. 広い, 弘い, 宏い: spacious
    (いち)(ばん)(ひろ)()(どう)()(けん)
    ichiban hiroi todōfuken
    largest prefecture of Japan
  3. 広い, 弘い, 宏い: vast, large
  4. 広い, 弘い, 宏い, 博い: broad, wide-ranging
Inflection
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • だだっ(ぴろ) (dadappiroi), 徒広(だだっぴろ) (dadappiroi): excessively spacious
  • ()(けん)(ひろ)(よう)(せま) (seken wa hiroi yō de semai): it's a small world after all
  • (はば)(ひろ) (haba no hiroi): wide, broad
  • (はば)(ひろ) (habahiroi): extensive, wide, broad
  • (ひろ)()() (hiroi shiji): broad support, wide-ranging support
  • (ひろ)(ひたい) (hiroi hitai): high brow, broad forehead
  • (こころ)(ひろ) (kokoro ga hiroi): generous, big-hearted
  • (こころ)(ひろ) (kokoro no hiroi): generous, big-hearted
  • ()(びろ) (tebiroi): spacious, roomy
  • (よう)()(ひろ) (yōto ga hiroi): versatile
  • (よう)()(ひろ) (yōto no hiroi): versatile
  • (かた)()(ひろ) (katami ga hiroi): feeling proud
  • (かお)(ひろ) (kao ga hiroi): well connected, well known
  • (かお)(ひろ) (kao no hiroi): well known, well connected

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ひろい – see the following entry.
広井
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, ひろい (hiroi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ひろい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひろい.)