Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ふか
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

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From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *puka.

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「深い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 深く かく
[fúꜜkàkù]
[fùkáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 深い [fùkáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 深い [fùkáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 深くない かくない
くない
[fúꜜkàkùnàì]
[fùkáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 深かった かかった
かった
[fúꜜkàkàttà]
[fùkáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 深くなかった かくなかった
くなかった
[fúꜜkàkùnàkàttà]
[fùkáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 深いです いです [fùkáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 深くて かくて
くて
[fúꜜkàkùtè]
[fùkáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 深ければ かければ
ければ
[fúꜜkàkèrèbà]
[fùkáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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(ふか) (fukai-i (adverbial (ふか) (fukaku))

  1. deep, profound
    (ふか)(もり)(おく)
    fukai mori no oku
    the depths of the dense forest
    (ふか)(ねむ)
    fukaku nemuru
    to be in a deep sleep
    (literally, “to sleep deeply”)
  2. thick
  3. close
Inflection
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Antonyms
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Etymology 2

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The fukai changes to bukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Suffix

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(ぶか) (-bukai-i (adverbial (ぶか) (-bukaku))

  1. deep, profound
Derived terms
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.