心細い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こころ
Grade: 2
ほそ > ぼそ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From (kokoro, heart, feelings) + 細い (hosoi, slender)

The hosoi changes to bosoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Adjective

心細い (-i inflection, hiragana こころぼそい, rōmaji kokorobosoi)

  1. hopeless, discouraged, forlorn
  2. discouraging
  3. lonely, helpless

Inflection

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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