偉 い
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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えら Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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エライ エラい |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "
偉 い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Continuative ( |
えらく えらく |
[éꜜràkù] [èráꜜkù] | |
Terminal ( |
えらい | [èráꜜì] | |
Attributive ( |
えらい | [èráꜜì] | |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | えらくない えらくない |
[éꜜràkùnàì] [èráꜜkùnàì] | |
Informal past | えらかった えらかった |
[éꜜràkàttà] [èráꜜkàttà] | |
Informal negative past | えらくなかった えらくなかった |
[éꜜràkùnàkàttà] [èráꜜkùnàkàttà] | |
Formal | えらいです | [èráꜜìdèsù] | |
Conjunctive | えらくて えらくて |
[éꜜràkùtè] [èráꜜkùtè] | |
Conditional | えらければ えらければ |
[éꜜràkèrèbà] [èráꜜkèrèbà] |
Adjective
[edit]- (morally) noble, honorable, admirable, great
偉 い行 為 - erai kōi
- an honorable deed
- えらい、えらい!
- Erai, erai!
- Good boy/girl!
偉 いね!- Erai ne!
- Wow!
- (of status) noble, superior
偉 い連 中 - erai renchū
- noble fellows / superior fellows
- (informal) serious, terrible
- えらい
目 に遭った。- Erai me ni atta.
- I met a terrible occurrence.
- えらい
- (informal) terribly, very
今日 はえらく寒 いな。- Kyō wa eraku samui na.
- It's terribly cold today.
- (dialectal, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku, Shikoku) tired, hard
- 1939, Miyamoto Yuriko, Sono toshi (その
年 )[1]:- ちいと
仕 事 がえらかった時 には間 にパンなり買 ってやれ- Chīto shigoto ga erakatta toki ni wa aida ni pan nari katte yare
- When he gets a little tired with work, buy bread or something for him in his spare moments
- ちいと
Usage notes
[edit]Excluding the "noble" usage, this term is usually written in hiragana えらい (erai) and sometimes written in katakana エライ (erai) or エラい (erai) for casual/ironical usages.
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of 偉 い
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective ( |
えらかろ | erakaro | |
Continuative ( |
えらく | eraku | |
Terminal ( |
えらい | erai | |
Attributive ( |
えらい | erai | |
Hypothetical ( |
えらけれ | erakere | |
Imperative ( |
えらかれ | erakare | |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | えらくない | eraku nai | |
Informal past | えらかった | erakatta | |
Informal negative past | えらくなかった | eraku nakatta | |
Formal | えらいです | erai desu | |
Formal negative | えらくないです | eraku nai desu | |
Formal past | えらかったです | erakatta desu | |
Formal negative past | えらくなかったです | eraku nakatta desu | |
Conjunctive | えらくて | erakute | |
Conditional | えらければ | erakereba | |
Provisional | えらかったら | erakattara | |
Volitional | えらかろう | erakarō | |
Adverbial | えらく | eraku | |
Degree | えらさ | erasa |
Synonyms
[edit]- (honorable):
素 晴 らしい (subarashii),清 い (kiyoi),立 派 (rippa) - (superior):
貴 い (tattoi) - (terrible):
酷 い (hidoi) - (terribly): とても (totemo)
- (tired): きつい (kitsui), しんどい (shindoi)
Antonyms
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with
偉 read as えら - Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese adjectives
- Japanese い-i adjectives
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms written with one Han script character
- Japanese terms with usage examples
- Japanese informal terms
- Japanese dialectal terms
- Kansai Japanese
- Chūgoku Japanese
- Shikoku Japanese