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格好いい

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かく > かっ
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: 4
kan'on on'yomi
Kanji in this term
かく > かっ
Grade: 5
こう > こ
Grade: 4
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spellings
カッコイイ
カッコいい
かっこ好い
格好良い
恰好いい
恰好良い

Etymology

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Compound of 格好 (kakko, figure, shape, appearance, look, shortened reading from expected kakkō[1][2][3][4]) +‎ 良い (ii, good). First cited to a text from 1963.[5]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(かっ)()いい or (かっ)(こう)いい (kakkoii or kakkōii-i (adverbial (かっ)()よく (kakkoyoku))

  1. [from 1963] handsome, good-looking, stylish, badass

Usage notes

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  • The reading かっこういい (kakii) with the long "ō" is dated.

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ 恰好”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ かっこ好い”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 恰好良”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  6. ^ 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