"きつい" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɨᵝi]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} きつい • (kitsui) -i (adverbial きつく (kitsuku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=|lemma=きつ|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: kitsui [romanization], きつく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], きつかろ [imperfective, stem], kitsukaro [imperfective, stem], きつく [continuative, stem], kitsuku [continuative, stem], きつい [stem, terminative], kitsui [stem, terminative], きつい [attributive, stem], kitsui [attributive, stem], きつけれ [hypothetical, stem], kitsukere [hypothetical, stem], きつかれ [imperative, stem], kitsukare [imperative, stem], きつくない [informal, negative], kitsuku nai [informal, negative], きつかった [informal, past], kitsukatta [informal, past], きつくなかった [informal, negative, past], kitsuku nakatta [informal, negative, past], きついです [formal], kitsui desu [formal], きつくないです [formal, negative], kitsuku nai desu [formal, negative], きつかったです [formal, past], kitsukatta desu [formal, past], きつくなかったです [formal, negative, past], kitsuku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], きつくて [conjunctive], kitsukute [conjunctive], きつければ [conditional], kitsukereba [conditional], きつかったら [conditional, past], kitsukattara [conditional, past], きつかろう [volitional], kitsukarō [volitional], きつく [adverbial], kitsuku [adverbial], きつさ [noun-from-adj], kitsusa [noun-from-adj]
  1. tight, close
    Sense id: en-きつい-ja-adj-Nr2adFv4
  2. intense, severe, hard, demanding
    Sense id: en-きつい-ja-adj-90lwEQbI
  3. determined, forceful, formidable
    Sense id: en-きつい-ja-adj-A5eijNUg Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 3 11 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 7 90 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 7 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 7 90

Alternative forms

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yurui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "緩い"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kitsui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつく",
      "roman": "kitsuku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きついです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "きつい • (kitsui) -i (adverbial きつく (kitsuku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "きつ",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tight, close"
      ],
      "id": "en-きつい-ja-adj-Nr2adFv4",
      "links": [
        [
          "tight",
          "tight"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intense, severe, hard, demanding"
      ],
      "id": "en-きつい-ja-adj-90lwEQbI",
      "links": [
        [
          "intense",
          "intense"
        ],
        [
          "severe",
          "severe"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "demanding",
          "demanding"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 11 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "determined, forceful, formidable"
      ],
      "id": "en-きつい-ja-adj-A5eijNUg",
      "links": [
        [
          "determined",
          "determined"
        ],
        [
          "forceful",
          "forceful"
        ],
        [
          "formidable",
          "formidable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きつい"
    },
    {
      "other": "きつい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲi̥t͡sɨᵝi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "きつい"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yurui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "緩",
          "ゆる"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "緩い"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kitsui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつく",
      "roman": "kitsuku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きついです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きつさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kitsusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "きつい • (kitsui) -i (adverbial きつく (kitsuku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "きつ",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tight, close"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tight",
          "tight"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intense, severe, hard, demanding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intense",
          "intense"
        ],
        [
          "severe",
          "severe"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "demanding",
          "demanding"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "determined, forceful, formidable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "determined",
          "determined"
        ],
        [
          "forceful",
          "forceful"
        ],
        [
          "formidable",
          "formidable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きつい"
    },
    {
      "other": "きつい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲi̥t͡sɨᵝi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "きつい"
}

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