乏しい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
とぼ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「乏しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 乏しく しく
ぼし
[tòbóꜜshìkù]
[tòbóshíꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 乏しい ぼし [tòbóshíꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 乏しい ぼし [tòbóshíꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 乏しくない しくない
ぼしくない
[tòbóꜜshìkùnàì]
[tòbóshíꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 乏しかった しかった
ぼしかった
[tòbóꜜshìkàttà]
[tòbóshíꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 乏しくなかった しくなかった
ぼしくなかった
[tòbóꜜshìkùnàkàttà]
[tòbóshíꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 乏しいです ぼしいです [tòbóshíꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 乏しくて しくて
ぼしくて
[tòbóꜜshìkùtè]
[tòbóshíꜜkùtè]
Conditional 乏しければ しければ
ぼしければ
[tòbóꜜshìkèrèbà]
[tòbóshíꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(とぼ)しい • (toboshii-i (adverbial (とぼ)しく (toboshiku))

  1. meager, scarce
Inflection

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とも
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
羨しい

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) もし [tòmóshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞mo̞ɕii]

Adjective

(とも)しい • (tomoshii-i (adverbial (とも)しく (tomoshiku))

  1. synonym of 乏しい (toboshii)
Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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