甘ったるい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Sound change of (あま)たるい (amatarui).[1]

/amatarui//amattarui/

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まったる [àmáttárúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • (Tokyo) まったるい [àmáttárúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠t̚ta̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]

Adjective

(あま)ったるい • (amattarui) -i (adverbial (あま)ったるく (amattaruku))

  1. excessively sweet
  2. sugary; honeyed; saccharine (voice, words, etc.)

Inflection

References

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