恭しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うやうや
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Reduplication of (uya), suffixed with しい (-shii).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やうやし [ùyáúyáshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][4][5]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝja̠ɯ̟ᵝja̠ɕiː]

Adjective

(うやうや)しい • (uyauyashii) -i (adverbial (うやうや)しく (uyauyashiku))

  1. respectful, reverential

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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