Japanese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "すばしこい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) すばしこく ばしこ [sùbáshíkóꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) すばしこい ばしこ [sùbáshíkóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) すばしこい ばしこ [sùbáshíkóꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative すばしこくない ばしこくない [sùbáshíkóꜜkùnàì]
Informal past すばしこかった ばしこかった [sùbáshíkóꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past すばしこくなかった ばしこくなかった [sùbáshíkóꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal すばしこいです ばしこいです [sùbáshíkóꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive すばしこくて ばしこくて [sùbáshíkóꜜkùtè]
Conditional すばしこければ ばしこければ [sùbáshíkóꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective edit

すばしこい (subashikoi-i (adverbial すばしこく (subashikoku))

  1. nimble, agile (having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs)
  2. shrewd, quick-witted

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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