有り難し
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 有 | 難 |
| あ Grade: 3 |
かた > がた Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
ari + katashi > arigatashi. Compound of 有り (ari, “is, are”, in adverbial form) + 難し (katashi, “difficult”). The katashi changes to gatashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).. The original meaning was "difficult to be".
Adjective
有り難し • (arigatashi) †-ku
- difficult to be
- rare
- special; worthy of being thankful for
Usage notes
This term is often spelled in kana.
Inflection
Classical conjugation of "有り難し" (ク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 有り難く[1] 有り難から[2] |
ありがたく ありがたから |
arigataku arigatakara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 有り難く[1] 有り難かり[2] |
ありがたく ありがたかり |
arigataku arigatakari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 有り難し | ありがたし | arigatasi | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 有り難き 有り難かる |
ありがたき ありがたかる |
arigataki arigatakaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | 有り難けれ | ありがたけれ | arigatakere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 有り難かれ | ありがたかれ | arigatakare | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Negative | 有り難からず | ありがたからず | arigatakarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | 有り難けれど | ありがたけれど | arigatakeredo | |
| Causal conjunction | 有り難ければ | ありがたければ | arigatakereba | |
| Conditional conjunction | 有り難くば | ありがたくば | arigatakuba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 有り難かりき | ありがたかりき | arigatakariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 有り難かりけり | ありがたかりけり | arigatakarikeri | |
| Adverbial | 有り難く | ありがたく | arigataku | |
| [1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. | ||||