ほろにがい

Japanese
Alternative spelling
ほろ苦い

Etymology

From ほろ (horo-) + 苦(にが)い (nigai).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほろにが​い [hòrónígáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾo̞ɲ̟iɡa̠i]

Adjective

ほろにがい • (horonigai) ←ほろにがい (foronigai)? -i (adverbial ほろにがく (horonigaku))

  1. slightly bitter, bittersweet

Inflection
Inflection of ほろにがい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ほろにがかろ horonigakaro
Continuative (連用形) ほろにがく horonigaku
Terminal (終止形) ほろにがい horonigai
Attributive (連体形) ほろにがい horonigai
Hypothetical (仮定形) ほろにがけれ horonigakere
Imperative (命令形) ほろにがかれ horonigakare
Key constructions
Informal negative ほろにがくない horonigaku nai
Informal past ほろにがかった horonigakatta
Informal negative past ほろにがくなかった horonigaku nakatta
Formal ほろにがいです horonigai desu
Formal negative ほろにがくないです horonigaku nai desu
Formal past ほろにがかったです horonigakatta desu
Formal negative past ほろにがくなかったです horonigaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ほろにがくて horonigakute
Conditional ほろにがければ horonigakereba
Provisional ほろにがかったら horonigakattara
Volitional ほろにがかろう horonigakarō
Adverbial ほろにがく horonigaku
Degree ほろにがさ horonigasa

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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