猛々しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たけ
Grade: S
たけ > だけ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
猛猛しい

Etymology

Compound of たけだけ (takedake, reduplication of たけ (take), stem of classical ku-adjective(ク活用 (ku katsuyō)) 猛し (takeshi, bold, courageous; violent, vigorous), from which verbs 誥ぶ (takebu) and 猛る (takeru) are derived) + しい (-shii, adjectivizing suffix evoking quality of the suffixed term). The take changes to dake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けだけし [tàkédákéshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ke̞da̠ke̞ɕiː]

Adjective

(たけ)(だけ)しい • (takedakeshii) -i (adverbial (たけ)(だけ)しく (takedakeshiku))

  1. ferocious

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. 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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