呆気ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あっ
Hyōgaiji
(ateji)

Grade: 1
irregular on’yomi
Alternative spelling
呆氣ない (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 飽くなし (aku ke nashi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っけな [àkkénáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠k̚ke̞na̠i]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "呆気ない"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 呆気なく っけな [àkkénáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 呆気ない っけな [àkkénáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 呆気ない っけな [àkkénáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 呆気なくない っけなくない [àkkénáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 呆気なかった っけなかった [àkkénáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 呆気なくなかった っけなくなかった [àkkénáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 呆気ないです っけないです [àkkénáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 呆気なくて っけなくて [àkkénáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 呆気なければ っけなければ [àkkénáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(あっ)()ない • (akkenai) -i (adverbial (あっ)()なく (akkenaku))

  1. unsatisfying and disappointing
    夏休(なつやす)あっけなく()わった。
    Natsu yasumi wa akkenaku owatta.
    Summer vacation ended all too soon.

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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