Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
たけ
Grade: S
たけ > だけ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
猛猛しい

Etymology edit

Compound of たけだけ (takedake, reduplication of たけ (take), stem of classical ku-adjective(ク活用 (ku katsuyō)) 猛し (takeshi, bold, courageous; violent, vigorous), from which verbs 誥ぶ (takebu) and 猛る (takeru) are derived) + しい (-shii, adjectivizing suffix evoking quality of the suffixed term). The take changes to dake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(たけ)(だけ)しい (takedakeshii-i (adverbial (たけ)(だけ)しく (takedakeshiku))

  1. ferocious

Inflection edit

References edit

  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 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN