有り難し
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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有 | 難 |
あ Grade: 3 |
かた > がた Grade: 6 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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有り難し (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editari + katashi > arigatashi. Compound of 有り (ari, “is, are”, in adverbial form) + 難し (katashi, “difficult”). The katashi changes to gatashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).. The original meaning was "difficult to be".
Adjective
edit有り難し • (arigatashi) †-ku
- difficult to be
- rare
- special; worthy of being thankful for
Usage notes
editThis term is often spelled in hiragana.
Inflection
editStem forms | ||||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 有り難く[1] 有り難から[2] |
ありがたく ありがたから |
arigataku arigatakara | |
Continuative (連用形) | 有り難く[1] 有り難かり[2] |
ありがたく ありがたかり |
arigataku arigatakari | |
Terminal (終止形) | 有り難し | ありがたし | arigatasi | |
Attributive (連体形) | 有り難き 有り難かる |
ありがたき ありがたかる |
arigataki arigatakaru | |
Realis (已然形) | 有り難けれ | ありがたけれ | arigatakere | |
Imperative (命令形) | 有り難かれ | ありがたかれ | arigatakare | |
Key constructions | ||||
Negative | 有り難からず | ありがたからず | arigatakarazu | |
Contrasting conjunction | 有り難けれど | ありがたけれど | arigatakeredo | |
Causal conjunction | 有り難ければ | ありがたければ | arigatakereba | |
Conditional conjunction | 有り難くば | ありがたくば | arigatakuba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 有り難かりき | ありがたかりき | arigatakariki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 有り難かりけり | ありがたかりけり | arigatakarikeri | |
Adverbial | 有り難く | ありがたく | arigataku | |
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. |
See also
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 有 read as あ
- Japanese terms spelled with 難 read as かた
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese adjectives
- Japanese く-ku adjectives
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji