くらい
See also: ぐらい
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editAlternative spellings |
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暗い 昏い |
From Old Japanese.[1] Found in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.
Pronunciation
edit- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「暗い」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Continuative (連用形) | 暗く | くらく | [kùrákú] |
Terminal (終止形) | 暗い | くらい くらい |
[kùráí] [kùráꜜì] |
Attributive (連体形) | 暗い | くらい | [kùráí] |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | 暗くない | くらくない | [kùrákúnáꜜì] |
Informal past | 暗かった | くらかった | [kùráꜜkàttà] |
Informal negative past | 暗くなかった | くらくなかった | [kùrákúnáꜜkàttà] |
Formal | 暗いです | くらいです | [kùráꜜìdèsù] |
Conjunctive | 暗くて | くらくて | [kùráꜜkùtè] |
Conditional | 暗ければ | くらければ | [kùráꜜkèrèbà] |
Adjective
editくらい • (kurai) -i (adverbial くらく (kuraku))
Inflection
editInflection of くらい
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | くらかろ | kurakaro | |
Continuative (連用形) | くらく | kuraku | |
Terminal (終止形) | くらい | kurai | |
Attributive (連体形) | くらい | kurai | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | くらけれ | kurakere | |
Imperative (命令形) | くらかれ | kurakare | |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | くらくない | kuraku nai | |
Informal past | くらかった | kurakatta | |
Informal negative past | くらくなかった | kuraku nakatta | |
Formal | くらいです | kurai desu | |
Formal negative | くらくないです | kuraku nai desu | |
Formal past | くらかったです | kurakatta desu | |
Formal negative past | くらくなかったです | kuraku nakatta desu | |
Conjunctive | くらくて | kurakute | |
Conditional | くらければ | kurakereba | |
Provisional | くらかったら | kurakattara | |
Volitional | くらかろう | kurakarō | |
Adverbial | くらく | kuraku | |
Degree | くらさ | kurasa |
Antonyms
edit- 明るい (akarui)
Etymology 2
editAlternative spelling |
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位 (obsolete for adverb) |
/kurawi/ → /kurai/
Originally a compound of 座 (kura, “seat, where something is placed”) + 居 (wi, “being, existing in a place”), literally referring to "where one is", and by extension, "status, rank, position; degree".[1][2] Appears from at least as early as The Tale of Genji (prior to 1021 CE).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editAlternative forms
edit- ぐらい (gurai)
See also
edit- ほど (hodo)
Noun
edit- grade, rank, standing
- the throne, the crown
- (mathematics) place, position
- being at the point where ...
- 1999, Pokémon Gold and Silver:
Derived terms
editSuffix
editくらい • (-kurai) ←くらゐ (-kurawi)?
Etymology 3
editAlternative spelling |
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食らい |
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 食らう (kurau, “to eat”, informal).[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (usually in compounds) eating
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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