"苦い" meaning in Japanese

See 苦い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ɲ̟iɡa̠i]
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *ninka; cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *niga. First cited to a text from 858. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*ninka|sort=にがい}} Proto-Japonic *ninka, {{cog|jpx-ryu-pro|*niga|sort=にがい}} Proto-Ryukyuan *niga Head templates: {{ja-adj|にがい|infl=i}} 苦(にが)い • (nigai) -i (adverbial 苦(にが)く (nigaku)) 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=にが|lemma=苦|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}}, {{ja-conj-bungo|にが|adj-ku|苦}} Forms: 苦い [canonical] (ruby: (にが)), nigai [romanization], 苦く [adverbial] (ruby: (にが)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 苦かろ [imperfective, stem], にがかろ [imperfective, stem], nigakaro [imperfective], 苦く [continuative, stem], にがく [continuative, stem], nigaku [continuative], 苦い [stem, terminative], にがい [stem, terminative], nigai [terminative], 苦い [attributive, stem], にがい [attributive, stem], nigai [attributive], 苦けれ [hypothetical, stem], にがけれ [hypothetical, stem], nigakere [hypothetical], 苦かれ [imperative, stem], にがかれ [imperative, stem], nigakare [imperative], 苦くない [informal, negative], にがくない [informal, negative], nigaku nai [informal, negative], 苦かった [informal, past], にがかった [informal, past], nigakatta [informal, past], 苦くなかった [informal, negative, past], にがくなかった [informal, negative, past], nigaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 苦いです [formal], にがいです [formal], nigai desu [formal], 苦くないです [formal, negative], にがくないです [formal, negative], nigaku nai desu [formal, negative], 苦かったです [formal, past], にがかったです [formal, past], nigakatta desu [formal, past], 苦くなかったです [formal, negative, past], にがくなかったです [formal, negative, past], nigaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 苦くて [conjunctive], にがくて [conjunctive], nigakute [conjunctive], 苦ければ [conditional], にがければ [conditional], nigakereba [conditional], 苦かったら [conditional, past], にがかったら [conditional, past], nigakattara [conditional, past], 苦かろう [volitional], にがかろう [volitional], nigakarō [volitional], 苦く [adverbial], にがく [adverbial], nigaku [adverbial], 苦さ [noun-from-adj], にがさ [noun-from-adj], nigasa [noun-from-adj], no-table-tags [table-tags], 苦く [irrealis, stem], 苦から [irrealis, stem], にがく [irrealis, stem], にがから [irrealis, stem], nigaku [irrealis], nigakara [irrealis], 苦く [continuative, stem], 苦かり [continuative, stem], にがく [continuative, stem], にがかり [continuative, stem], nigaku [continuative], nigakari [continuative], 苦し [stem, terminative], にがし [stem, terminative], nigasi [terminative], 苦き [attributive, stem], 苦かる [attributive, stem], にがき [attributive, stem], にがかる [attributive, stem], nigaki [attributive], nigakaru [attributive], 苦けれ [realis, stem], にがけれ [realis, stem], nigakere [realis], 苦かれ [imperative, stem], にがかれ [imperative, stem], nigakare [imperative], 苦からず [negative], にがからず [negative], nigakarazu [negative], 苦けれど [contrastive], にがけれど [contrastive], nigakeredo [contrastive], 苦ければ [causative], にがければ [causative], nigakereba [causative], 苦くば [conditional], にがくば [conditional], nigakuba [conditional], 苦かりき [past], にがかりき [past], nigakariki [past], 苦かりけり [past], にがかりけり [past], nigakarikeri [past], 苦く [adverbial], にがく [adverbial], nigaku [adverbial]
  1. bitter Related terms: にがり (nigari), 渋い (shibui) (ruby: (しぶ))

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "sweet",
      "roman": "amai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "甘",
          "あま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "甘い"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*ninka",
        "sort": "にがい"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *ninka",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jpx-ryu-pro",
        "2": "*niga",
        "sort": "にがい"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Ryukyuan *niga",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *ninka; cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *niga.\nFirst cited to a text from 858.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "苦い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "苦",
          "にが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "roman": "nigaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "苦",
          "にが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦から",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがから",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦し",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがし",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigasi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦き",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦からず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがからず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦けれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがけれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakeredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakuba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にがい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "苦(にが)い • (nigai) -i (adverbial 苦(にが)く (nigaku))",
      "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": "にが",
        "lemma": "苦",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にが",
        "2": "adj-ku",
        "3": "苦"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bitter coffee",
          "roman": "nigai kōhī",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦",
              "にが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦いコーヒー"
        },
        {
          "english": "bitter experience",
          "roman": "nigai keiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦",
              "にが"
            ],
            [
              "経験",
              "けいけん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦い経験"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bitter"
      ],
      "id": "en-苦い-ja-adj-u-jpUx4B",
      "links": [
        [
          "bitter",
          "bitter"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "nigari",
          "word": "にがり"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shibui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "渋",
              "しぶ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "渋い"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にがい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iɡa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦い"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "sweet",
      "roman": "amai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "甘",
          "あま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "甘い"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*ninka",
        "sort": "にがい"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *ninka",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jpx-ryu-pro",
        "2": "*niga",
        "sort": "にがい"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Ryukyuan *niga",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *ninka; cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *niga.\nFirst cited to a text from 858.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "苦い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "苦",
          "にが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "roman": "nigaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "苦",
          "にが"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦から",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがから",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦し",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがし",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigasi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦き",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦からず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがからず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦けれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがけれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakeredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦くば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがくば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakuba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦かりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがかりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigakarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "苦く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "にがく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にがい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "苦(にが)い • (nigai) -i (adverbial 苦(にが)く (nigaku))",
      "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": "にが",
        "lemma": "苦",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "にが",
        "2": "adj-ku",
        "3": "苦"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "nigari",
      "word": "にがり"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shibui",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "渋",
          "しぶ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "渋い"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
        "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bitter coffee",
          "roman": "nigai kōhī",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦",
              "にが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦いコーヒー"
        },
        {
          "english": "bitter experience",
          "roman": "nigai keiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦",
              "にが"
            ],
            [
              "経験",
              "けいけん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦い経験"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bitter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bitter",
          "bitter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にがい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iɡa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦い"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "苦い"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "苦い",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2530",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Japanese]; cleaned text: ^([1])Without auxiliary verb. ^([2])With auxiliary verb., style: text-align:left;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "苦い"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "苦い",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.