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かしこい

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
賢い
畏い
恐い

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「賢い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 賢く しこ [kàshíkóꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 賢い しこ [kàshíkóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 賢い しこ [kàshíkóꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 賢くない しこくない [kàshíkóꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 賢かった しこかった [kàshíkóꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 賢くなかった しこくなかった [kàshíkóꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 賢いです しこいです [kàshíkóꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 賢くて しこくて [kàshíkóꜜkùtè]
Conditional 賢ければ しこければ [kàshíkóꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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かしこい (kashikoi-i (adverbial かしこく (kashikoku))

  1. bright, clever

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ 畏・恐・賢”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN