"きめこまかい" meaning in Japanese

See きめこまかい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [kʲime̞ko̞ma̠ka̠i]
Etymology: First attested as the 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi, “-na adjective”) term 木目細か (kimekomaka) in 1674. The phrasal form 木目が細かい (kime ga komakai, literally “the [wood] grain is fine”) is attested in 1838. The abbreviated form omitting the subject particle が (ga) is not listed with an attestation, but would presumably be younger still. Analyzable as a compound of 木目 (kime, “wood grain”) + 細かい (komakai, “fine, detailed”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|が}} が (ga), {{compound|ja|木目|細かい|t1=wood grain|t2=fine, detailed|tr1=kime|tr2=komakai}} 木目 (kime, “wood grain”) + 細かい (komakai, “fine, detailed”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} きめこまかい • (kimekomakai) -i (adverbial きめこまかく (kimekomakaku)) 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=きめこまか|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: kimekomakai [romanization], きめこまかく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], きめこまかかろ [imperfective, stem], kimekomakakaro [imperfective, stem], きめこまかく [continuative, stem], kimekomakaku [continuative, stem], きめこまかい [stem, terminative], kimekomakai [stem, terminative], きめこまかい [attributive, stem], kimekomakai [attributive, stem], きめこまかけれ [hypothetical, stem], kimekomakakere [hypothetical, stem], きめこまかかれ [imperative, stem], kimekomakakare [imperative, stem], きめこまかくない [informal, negative], kimekomakaku nai [informal, negative], きめこまかかった [informal, past], kimekomakakatta [informal, past], きめこまかくなかった [informal, negative, past], kimekomakaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], きめこまかいです [formal], kimekomakai desu [formal], きめこまかくないです [formal, negative], kimekomakaku nai desu [formal, negative], きめこまかかったです [formal, past], kimekomakakatta desu [formal, past], きめこまかくなかったです [formal, negative, past], kimekomakaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], きめこまかくて [conjunctive], kimekomakakute [conjunctive], きめこまかければ [conditional], kimekomakakereba [conditional], きめこまかかったら [conditional, past], kimekomakakattara [conditional, past], きめこまかかろう [volitional], kimekomakakarō [volitional], きめこまかく [adverbial], kimekomakaku [adverbial], きめこまかさ [noun-from-adj], kimekomakasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (of a surface) smooth
    Sense id: en-きめこまかい-ja-adj-wPF3nBbS
  2. detail-oriented, refined
    Sense id: en-きめこまかい-ja-adj-Aq~CIshY 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 Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
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      "form": "kimekomakai",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "きめこまかかろ",
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      "form": "kimekomakakaro",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかく",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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      "form": "kimekomakaku",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "kimekomakai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "kimekomakakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかかれ",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "kimekomakakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかかったです",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかく",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakasa",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "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",
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "きめこまかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲime̞ko̞ma̠ka̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "きめこまかい"
}
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      "form": "きめこまかく",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "きめこまかかろ",
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかかれ",
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakatta",
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      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "kimekomakakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
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    {
      "form": "きめこまかかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "kimekomakakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかく",
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      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "きめこまかさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kimekomakasa",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "きめこまかい • (kimekomakai) -i (adverbial きめこまかく (kimekomakaku))",
      "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": "きめこまか",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "smooth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a surface) smooth"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a surface"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "detail-oriented, refined"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "detail-oriented",
          "detail-oriented"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きめこまかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲime̞ko̞ma̠ka̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen#Online_search_engines",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "きめこまかい"
}

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