きつい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
緊い

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "きつい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) きつく きつく [kìtsúkú]
Terminal (終止形) きつい きつい
きつ​い
[kìtsúí]
[kìtsúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) きつい きつい [kìtsúí]
Key constructions
Informal negative きつくない きつくな​い [kìtsúkúnáꜜì]
Informal past きつかった きつ​かった [kìtsúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past きつくなかった きつくな​かった [kìtsúkúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal きついです きつ​いです [kìtsúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive きつくて きつ​くて [kìtsúꜜkùtè]
Conditional きつければ きつ​ければ [kìtsúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

きつい • (kitsui) -i (adverbial きつく (kitsuku))

  1. tight, close
  2. intense, severe, hard, demanding
  3. determined, forceful, formidable

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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