Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
もろ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "脆い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 脆く ろく
[móꜜròkù]
[mòróꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 脆い [mòróꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 脆い [mòróꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 脆くない ろくない
くない
[móꜜròkùnàì]
[mòróꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 脆かった ろかった
かった
[móꜜròkàttà]
[mòróꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 脆くなかった ろくなかった
くなかった
[móꜜròkùnàkàttà]
[mòróꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 脆いです いです [mòróꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 脆くて ろくて
くて
[móꜜròkùtè]
[mòróꜜkùtè]
Conditional 脆ければ ろければ
ければ
[móꜜròkèrèbà]
[mòróꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective edit

(もろ) (moroi-i (adverbial (もろ) (moroku))

  1. fragile, vulnerable, weak
    Synonym: 弱い (yowai)
    Antonyms: 固い (katai), 強い (tsuyoi)
  2. easily emotionally moved

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN