"どんくさい" meaning in Japanese

See どんくさい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [dõ̞ŋkɯ̟sa̠i]
Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} どんくさい • (donkusai) -i (adverbial どんくさく (donkusaku)) 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=どんくさ|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: donkusai [romanization], どんくさく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], どんくさかろ [imperfective, stem], donkusakaro [imperfective, stem], どんくさく [continuative, stem], donkusaku [continuative, stem], どんくさい [stem, terminative], donkusai [stem, terminative], どんくさい [attributive, stem], donkusai [attributive, stem], どんくさけれ [hypothetical, stem], donkusakere [hypothetical, stem], どんくさかれ [imperative, stem], donkusakare [imperative, stem], どんくさくない [informal, negative], donkusaku nai [informal, negative], どんくさかった [informal, past], donkusakatta [informal, past], どんくさくなかった [informal, negative, past], donkusaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], どんくさいです [formal], donkusai desu [formal], どんくさくないです [formal, negative], donkusaku nai desu [formal, negative], どんくさかったです [formal, past], donkusakatta desu [formal, past], どんくさくなかったです [formal, negative, past], donkusaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], どんくさくて [conjunctive], donkusakute [conjunctive], どんくさければ [conditional], donkusakereba [conditional], どんくさかったら [conditional, past], donkusakattara [conditional, past], どんくさかろう [volitional], donkusakarō [volitional], どんくさく [adverbial], donkusaku [adverbial], どんくささ [noun-from-adj], donkusasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (sometimes endearing) clumsy Tags: endearing, sometimes
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "donkusai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさく",
      "roman": "donkusaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくささ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "どんくさい • (donkusai) -i (adverbial どんくさく (donkusaku))",
      "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": "どんくさ",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clumsy"
      ],
      "id": "en-どんくさい-ja-adj-Y3MI6Ulz",
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes endearing) clumsy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "endearing",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "どんくさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dõ̞ŋkɯ̟sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どんくさい"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "donkusai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさく",
      "roman": "donkusaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくさく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "どんくささ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donkusasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "どんくさい • (donkusai) -i (adverbial どんくさく (donkusaku))",
      "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": "どんくさ",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese endearing terms",
        "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",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clumsy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes endearing) clumsy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "endearing",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "どんくさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dõ̞ŋkɯ̟sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どんくさい"
}

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