汚い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
汚
きたな
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きたな​い [kìtánáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥ta̠na̠i]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "汚い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 汚く きた​なく
きたな​く
[kìtáꜜnàkù]
[kìtánáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 汚い きたな​い [kìtánáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 汚い きたな​い [kìtánáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 汚くない きた​なくない
きたな​くない
[kìtáꜜnàkùnàì]
[kìtánáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 汚かった きた​なかった
きたな​かった
[kìtáꜜnàkàttà]
[kìtánáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 汚くなかった きた​なくなかった
きたな​くなかった
[kìtáꜜnàkùnàkàttà]
[kìtánáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 汚いです きたな​いです [kìtánáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 汚くて きた​なくて
きたな​くて
[kìtáꜜnàkùtè]
[kìtánáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 汚ければ きた​なければ
きたな​ければ
[kìtáꜜnàkèrèbà]
[kìtánáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

汚(きたな)い • (kitanai) -i (adverbial 汚(きたな)く (kitanaku))

  1. dirty
    汚(きたな)いシャツ
    kitanai shatsu
    a dirty shirt
  2. untidy
    部(へ)屋(や)が汚(きたな)い
    heya ga kitanai
    room is untidy
  3. mean, unfair
    汚(きたな)い手(しゅ)段(だん)
    kitanai shudan
    underhanded/dirty methods
  4. illegible
    汚(きたな)い字(じ)
    kitanai ji
    illegible handwriting

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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