訝しい

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
いぶか
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested as ipukasi- in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ibɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕii]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "訝しい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 訝しく ぶかしく
ぶかし
[ìbúkáꜜshìkù]
[ìbúkáshíꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 訝しい ぶかし [ìbúkáshíꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 訝しい ぶかし [ìbúkáshíꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 訝しくない ぶかしくない
ぶかしくない
[ìbúkáꜜshìkùnàì]
[ìbúkáshíꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 訝しかった ぶかしかった
ぶかしかった
[ìbúkáꜜshìkàttà]
[ìbúkáshíꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 訝しくなかった ぶかしくなかった
ぶかしくなかった
[ìbúkáꜜshìkùnàkàttà]
[ìbúkáshíꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 訝しいです ぶかしいです [ìbúkáshíꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 訝しくて ぶかしくて
ぶかしくて
[ìbúkáꜜshìkùtè]
[ìbúkáshíꜜkùtè]
Conditional 訝しければ ぶかしければ
ぶかしければ
[ìbúkáꜜshìkèrèbà]
[ìbúkáshíꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(いぶか)しい (ibukashii) -i (adverbial (いぶか)しく (ibukashiku))

  1. suspicious, disbelieving
  2. doubtful, fishy

Inflection

References

  1. ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
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