苦い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
にが
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *ninka; cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *niga.

First cited to a text from 858.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "苦い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 苦く がく
[níꜜgàkù]
[nìgáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 苦い [nìgáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 苦い [nìgáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 苦くない がくない
くない
[níꜜgàkùnàì]
[nìgáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 苦かった がかった
かった
[níꜜgàkàttà]
[nìgáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 苦くなかった がくなかった
くなかった
[níꜜgàkùnàkàttà]
[nìgáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 苦いです いです [nìgáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 苦くて がくて
くて
[níꜜgàkùtè]
[nìgáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 苦ければ がければ
ければ
[níꜜgàkèrèbà]
[nìgáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(にが) (nigai) -i (adverbial (にが) (nigaku))

  1. bitter
    (にが)コーヒー
    nigai kōhī
    bitter coffee
    (にが)経験(けいけん)
    nigai keiken
    bitter experience

Inflection

Antonyms

See also

References

  1. ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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