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素っ気無い

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

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Grade: 4
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
素っ氣無い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Shift from 素気(すげ)ない (sugenai)

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「素っ気無い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 素っ気無く っけな [sòkkénáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 素っ気無い っけな [sòkkénáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 素っ気無い っけな [sòkkénáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 素っ気無くない っけなくない [sòkkénáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 素っ気無かった っけなかった [sòkkénáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 素っ気無くなかった っけなくなかった [sòkkénákúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 素っ気無いです っけないです [sòkkénáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 素っ気無くて っけなくて [sòkkénáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 素っ気無ければ っけなければ [sòkkénáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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()()() (sokkenai-i (adverbial ()()() (sokkenaku))

  1. cold, short, brusque, curt

Usage notes

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This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Inflection

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