ものぐさい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
物臭い
もの臭い
懶い (uncommon)

Alternative forms

  • (archaic) ものくさい (monokusai)

Etymology

From (もの) (mono-) + (くさ) (kusai). The kusai changes to gusai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mo̞no̞ɡɯ̟sa̠i]

Adjective

ものぐさい • (monogusai-i (adverbial ものぐさく (monogusaku))

  1. lazy

Inflection