Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
重たい

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “formed with root + ta + i? cf. 平たい”)

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "重たい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 重たく もたく [òmótákú]
Terminal (終止形) 重たい もたい
もた
[òmótáí]
[òmótáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 重たい もたい [òmótáí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 重たくない もたくな [òmótákúnáꜜì]
Informal past 重たかった もたかった [òmótáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 重たくなかった もたくなかった [òmótákúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 重たいです もたいです [òmótáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 重たくて もたくて [òmótáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 重たければ もたければ [òmótáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective edit

おもたい (omotaiおもたい (omotai)?-i (adverbial おもたく (omotaku))

  1. heavy

Inflection edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  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