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"1": "ja",
"2": "かわいい",
"3": "そう",
"t1": "(obsolete) pitiable",
"t2": "appears to be; looks like"
},
"expansion": "かわいい (“(obsolete) pitiable”) + そう (“appears to be; looks like”)",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
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"2": "当て字"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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},
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"etymology_text": "かわいい (“(obsolete) pitiable”) + そう (“appears to be; looks like”)\nThe kanji spellings are ateji (当て字) and typically used in poetry.",
"forms": [
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"form": "kawaisō",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "kafaisau",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうな",
"roman": "kawaisō na na",
"tags": [
"adnominal"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうに",
"roman": "kawaisō ni ni",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
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"table-tags"
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうだろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō daro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō nara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de are",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō datta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
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"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō dattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうだろう",
"source": "inflection",
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"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō darō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
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{
"form": "kawaisōsa",
"source": "inflection",
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"noun-from-adj"
]
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},
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"formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
"formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
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"imperfective": ". だろ",
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"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
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"glosses": [
"pitiable; pitiful; poor; pathetic"
],
"id": "en-かわいそう-ja-adj--QsGrvki",
"links": [
[
"pitiable",
"pitiable"
],
[
"pitiful",
"pitiful"
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"poor",
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],
[
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]
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"word": "気の毒"
},
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"other": "かわいそー"
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"ipa": "[ka̠ɰᵝa̠iso̞ː]"
}
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"word": "かわいそう"
}
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"roman": "kawaisō na na",
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{
"form": "かわいそうに",
"roman": "kawaisō ni ni",
"tags": [
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"form": "かわいそうだろ",
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"form": "kawaisō daro",
"source": "inflection",
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"stem"
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"stem"
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"form": "kawaisō de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"stem"
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"form": "かわいそうだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
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{
"form": "kawaisō da",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"form": "かわいそうな",
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"stem"
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"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
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"form": "かわいそうなら",
"source": "inflection",
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"stem"
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},
{
"form": "kawaisō nara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de are",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō datta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō dattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうだろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "kawaisō ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "かわいそうさ",
"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"formal": ". です",
"formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
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"formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
"formal_past": ". でした",
"hypothetical": ". なら",
"imperative": ". で あれ",
"imperfective": ". だろ",
"informal_negative": ". で は ない",
"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
"informal_past": ". だった",
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"Japanese terms suffixed with そう",
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"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese な-na adjectives"
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],
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"poor",
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"word": "可憐"
}
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