詰まらない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
詰
つ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
詰らない

Etymology

Derived from 詰まら (tsumara, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete or irrealis form”) of verb 詰まる (tsumaru), “to be blocked”) +‎ ない (-nai, adjectivizing suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つまら​ない [tsùmáráꜜnàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝma̠ɾa̠na̠i]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "つまらない"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) つまらなく つまら​なく [tsùmáráꜜnàkù]
Terminal (終止形) つまらない つまら​ない [tsùmáráꜜnàì]
Attributive (連体形) つまらない つまら​ない [tsùmáráꜜnàì]
Key constructions
Informal negative つまらなくない つまら​なくない [tsùmáráꜜnàkùnàì]
Informal past つまらなかった つまら​なかった [tsùmáráꜜnàkàttà]
Informal negative past つまらなくなかった つまら​なくなかった [tsùmáráꜜnàkùnàkàttà]
Formal つまらないです つまら​ないです [tsùmáráꜜnàìdèsù]
Conjunctive つまらなくて つまら​なくて [tsùmáráꜜnàkùtè]
Conditional つまらなければ つまら​なければ [tsùmáráꜜnàkèrèbà]

Adjective

詰(つ)まらない • (tsumaranai) -i (adverbial 詰(つ)まらなく (tsumaranaku))

  1. boring
  2. trivial, insignificant, useless
    つまらないものですが上(あ)げましょう。
    Tsumaranai mono desu ga agemashō.
    It’s not much but [please allow me to] give it to you.
  3. absurd, foolish, silly

Inflection

Derived terms

References

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