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きつい

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
緊い

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「きつい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) きつく つく [kìtsúkú]
Terminal (終止形) きつい つい
[kìtsúí]
[kìtsúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) きつい つい [kìtsúí]
Key constructions
Informal negative きつくない つくな [kìtsúkúnáꜜì]
Informal past きつかった かった [kìtsúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past きつくなかった つくなかった [kìtsúkúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal きついです いです [kìtsúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive きつくて くて [kìtsúꜜkùtè]
Conditional きつければ ければ [kìtsúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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きつい (kitsui-i (adverbial きつく (kitsuku))

  1. tight, close
  2. intense, severe, hard, demanding
  3. determined, forceful, formidable

Inflection

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Antonyms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN