愛でたい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛
め
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
めでたい
目出度い
芽出度い

Etymology

/medeitasi/ → /medetaɕi/ → /medetai/

Originally a compound of 愛で (mede, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 愛でる (mederu, “to love; to admire or appreciate”)) +‎ 甚し (itashi, “intense, extreme”, old terminal form of modern 甚い (itai)), with an original meaning similar to extremely admirable.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "めでたい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) めでたく めで​たく
めでた​く
[mèdéꜜtàkù]
[mèdétáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) めでたい めでた​い [mèdétáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) めでたい めでた​い [mèdétáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative めでたくない めで​たくない
めでた​くない
[mèdéꜜtàkùnàì]
[mèdétáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past めでたかった めで​たかった
めでた​かった
[mèdéꜜtàkàttà]
[mèdétáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past めでたくなかった めで​たくなかった
めでた​くなかった
[mèdéꜜtàkùnàkàttà]
[mèdétáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal めでたいです めでた​いです [mèdétáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive めでたくて めで​たくて
めでた​くて
[mèdéꜜtàkùtè]
[mèdétáꜜkùtè]
Conditional めでたければ めで​たければ
めでた​ければ
[mèdéꜜtàkèrèbà]
[mèdétáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

愛(め)でたい • (medetai) -i (adverbial 愛(め)でたく (medetaku))

  1. auspicious (auguring favourable circumstances and good luck)

Usage notes

This word is usually written all in hiragana, as めでたい. When written in kanji, the spellings 目出度い and 芽出度い may also be seen. The kanji in both of these spellings are examples of ateji.[1][2][3]

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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