Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
緊い

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "きつい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) きつく つく [kìtsúkú]
Terminal (終止形) きつい つい
[kìtsúí]
[kìtsúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) きつい つい [kìtsúí]
Key constructions
Informal negative きつくない つくな [kìtsúkúnáꜜì]
Informal past きつかった かった [kìtsúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past きつくなかった つくなかった [kìtsúkúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal きついです いです [kìtsúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive きつくて くて [kìtsúꜜkùtè]
Conditional きつければ ければ [kìtsúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective edit

きつい (kitsui-i (adverbial きつく (kitsuku))

  1. tight, close
  2. intense, severe, hard, demanding
  3. determined, forceful, formidable

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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