冥冥
Chinese edit
dark; deep | dark; deep | ||
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simp. and trad. (冥冥) |
冥 | 冥 |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
冥冥
- (literary, ideophonic) dusky; dark and gloomy
- 1046 October 17, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記:
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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冥 | 冥 |
めい Grade: S |
めい Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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冥々 |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
冥冥 • (meimei) †-tari (adnominal 冥冥とした (meimei to shita) or 冥冥たる (meimei taru), adverbial 冥冥と (meimei to) or 冥冥として (meimei to shite))
Conjugation edit
Stem forms | ||||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 冥冥たら | めいめいたら | meimeitara | |
Continuative (連用形) | 冥冥と[1] 冥冥たり[2] |
めいめいと めいめいたり |
meimeito meimeitari | |
Terminal (終止形) | 冥冥たり | めいめいたり | meimeitari | |
Attributive (連体形) | 冥冥たる | めいめいたる | meimeitaru | |
Realis (已然形) | 冥冥たれ | めいめいたれ | meimeitare | |
Imperative (命令形) | 冥冥たれ | めいめいたれ | meimeitare | |
Key constructions | ||||
Negative | 冥冥たらず | めいめいたらず | meimeitarazu | |
Contrasting conjunction | 冥冥たれど | めいめいたれど | meimeitaredo | |
Causal conjunction | 冥冥たれば | めいめいたれば | meimeitareba | |
Conditional conjunction | 冥冥たらば | めいめいたらば | meimeitaraba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 冥冥たりき | めいめいたりき | meimeitariki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 冥冥たりけり | めいめいたりけり | meimeitarikeri | |
Adverbial | 冥冥と | めいめいと | meimeito | |
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. |
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN