For pronunciation and definitions of うい – see the following entry.
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- [noun] [from early 900s] a first, start
- [prefix] [from early 900s] the first of something
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(This term, うい (ui), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as うい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うい.)
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⟨usi⟩ → /uɕi/ → /uki/ → /ui/
From the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of Early Middle Japanese adjective 憂し (ushi), with the medial /-k-/ falling out.[1][2][3]
うい • (ui) -i (adverbial うく (uku))
- sad, gloomy
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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うかろ
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ukaro
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Continuative (連用形)
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うく
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uku
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Terminal (終止形)
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うい
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ui
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Attributive (連体形)
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うい
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ui
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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うけれ
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ukere
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Imperative (命令形)
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うかれ
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ukare
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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うくない
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uku nai
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Informal past
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うかった
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ukatta
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Informal negative past
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うくなかった
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uku nakatta
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Formal
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ういです
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ui desu
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Formal negative
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うくないです
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uku nai desu
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Formal past
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うかったです
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ukatta desu
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Formal negative past
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うくなかったです
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uku nakatta desu
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Conjunctive
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うくて
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ukute
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Conditional
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うければ
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ukereba
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Provisional
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うかったら
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ukattara
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Volitional
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うかろう
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ukarō
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Adverbial
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うく
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uku
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Degree
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うさ
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usa
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うい • (ui)
- fine (person), good, nice, splendid, admirable (referring to someone of lower status)
For pronunciation and definitions of うい – see the following entry.
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(This term, うい (ui), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as うい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うい.)
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- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN