細い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほそ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the 連体形 (rentaikei, attributive form) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 細し (fososhi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「細い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 細く そく
[hóꜜsòkù]
[hòsóꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 細い [hòsóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 細い [hòsóꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 細くない そくない
くない
[hóꜜsòkùnàì]
[hòsóꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 細かった そかった
かった
[hóꜜsòkàttà]
[hòsóꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 細くなかった そくなかった
くなかった
[hóꜜsòkùnàkàttà]
[hòsóꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 細いです いです [hòsóꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 細くて そくて
くて
[hóꜜsòkùtè]
[hòsóꜜkùtè]
Conditional 細ければ そければ
ければ
[hóꜜsòkèrèbà]
[hòsóꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(ほそ) • (hosoi-i (adverbial (ほそ) (hosoku))

  1. thin, slender
Inflection
Derived terms
  • (ほそ) (hosoru, to thin, to become thin)
See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN