物憂し
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 物 | 憂 |
| もの Grade: 3 |
う Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
物 (mono-, a prefix added to adjectives) + 憂し (ushi, “sad, gloomy”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Adjective
物憂し • (monoushi) †-ku
- Classical Japanese form of 物憂い (monoui, “listless, languid, melancholy”)
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "物憂し" (ク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 物憂く[1] 物憂から[2] |
ものうく ものうから |
monouku monoukara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 物憂く[1] 物憂かり[2] |
ものうく ものうかり |
monouku monoukari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 物憂し | ものうし | monousi | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 物憂き 物憂かる |
ものうき ものうかる |
monouki monoukaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | 物憂けれ | ものうけれ | monoukere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 物憂かれ | ものうかれ | monoukare | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Negative | 物憂からず | ものうからず | monoukarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | 物憂けれど | ものうけれど | monoukeredo | |
| Causal conjunction | 物憂ければ | ものうければ | monoukereba | |
| Conditional conjunction | 物憂くば | ものうくば | monoukuba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 物憂かりき | ものうかりき | monoukariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 物憂かりけり | ものうかりけり | monoukarikeri | |
| Adverbial | 物憂く | ものうく | monouku | |
| [1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. | ||||