わろし

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
悪し悪ろし

わろし • (waroshi) ^†-ku

Classical Japanese form of わるい (warui)
- Sei Shōnagon, Makura no Sōshi [1]
  難(なん)義(ぎ)の事(こと)をいひて、「その事(こと)させんとす」といはんといふを、と文(も)字(じ)をうしなひて、唯(ただ)「いはんずる」「里(さと)へ出(い)でんずる」などいへば、やがていとわろし。
  Nangi no koto o iite, "sono koto sasen to su" to iwan to iu o, to moji o ushinaite, tada "iwanzuru" "sato e idenzuru" nado ieba, yagate ito waroshi.
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Classical conjugation of "わろし" (ク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	わろく^[1] わろから^[2]	waroku warokara
Continuative (連用形)	わろく^[1] わろかり^[2]	waroku warokari
Terminal (終止形)	わろし	warosi
Attributive (連体形)	わろきわろかる	waroki warokaru
Realis (已然形)	わろけれ	warokere
Imperative (命令形)	わろかれ	warokare
Key constructions
Negative	わろからず	warokarazu
Contrasting conjunction	わろけれど	warokeredo
Causal conjunction	わろければ	warokereba
Conditional conjunction	わろくば	warokuba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	わろかりき	warokariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	わろかりけり	warokarikeri
Adverbial	わろく	waroku
^[1]Without auxiliary verb. ^[2]With auxiliary verb.