かたぎ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
堅木

Compound of 堅(かた) (kata, “hard”) + 木(き) (ki, “wood”). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

かたぎ • (katagi)

Alternative spellings
形木模

Compound of 形(かた) (kata, “shape; form”) + 木(き) (ki, “wood”). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

かたぎ • (katagi)

Alternative spelling
堅気

Compound of 堅(かた) (kata, “hard”) + 気(き) (ki, “spirit; nature”). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

かたぎ • (katagi) -na (adnominal かたぎな (katagi na na), adverbial かたぎに (katagi ni ni))

Inflection of かたぎ

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	かたぎだろ	katagi daro
Continuative (連用形)	かたぎで	katagi de
Terminal (終止形)	かたぎだ	katagi da
Attributive (連体形)	かたぎな	katagi na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	かたぎなら	katagi nara
Imperative (命令形)	かたぎであれ	katagi de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	かたぎではないかたぎじゃない	katagi de wa nai katagi ja nai
Informal past	かたぎだった	katagi datta
Informal negative past	かたぎではなかったかたぎじゃなかった	katagi de wa nakatta katagi ja nakatta
Formal	かたぎです	katagi desu
Formal negative	かたぎではありませんかたぎじゃありません	katagi de wa arimasen katagi ja arimasen
Formal past	かたぎでした	katagi deshita
Formal negative past	かたぎではありませんでしたかたぎじゃありませんでした	katagi de wa arimasen deshita katagi ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	かたぎで	katagi de
Conditional	かたぎなら（ば）	katagi nara (ba)
Provisional	かたぎだったら	katagi dattara
Volitional	かたぎだろう	katagi darō
Adverbial	かたぎに	katagi ni
Degree	かたぎさ	katagisa

かたぎ • (katagi)

a decent occupation, as opposed to yakuza, prostitute, geisha, etc.; a person in a decent occupation

Alternative spellings
気質形気容気

Semantic shift from 形(かた)木(ぎ) (katagi, see Etymology 2 above).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

かたぎ • (katagi)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN