Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かた
Grade: 6
はら
Grade: 6
いた
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From misunderstanding of (かたわ)(いた) (katawaraitai).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(かた)(はら)(いた) (kataharaitai-i (adverbial (かた)(はら)(いた) (kataharaitaku))

  1. ridiculous, absurd

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN