"醜い" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [mʲiɲ̟ikɯ̟i]
Etymology: Compound of 見 (mi, “seeing, looking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”)) + 難い (nikui, “hard to do, difficult”), with a literal meaning of “hard to look at” or “difficult to see”. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|見|難い|pos1=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">見る</i> (miru, “to see, to look at”)|t1=seeing, looking|t2=hard to do, difficult|tr1=mi|tr2=nikui}} 見 (mi, “seeing, looking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”)) + 難い (nikui, “hard to do, difficult”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|みにくい|infl=i}} 醜(みにく)い • (minikui) -i (adverbial 醜(みにく)く (minikuku)) 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=みにく|lemma=醜|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 醜い [canonical] (ruby: (みにく)), minikui [romanization], 醜く [adverbial] (ruby: (みにく)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 醜かろ [imperfective, stem], みにくかろ [imperfective, stem], minikukaro [imperfective], 醜く [continuative, stem], みにくく [continuative, stem], minikuku [continuative], 醜い [stem, terminative], みにくい [stem, terminative], minikui [terminative], 醜い [attributive, stem], みにくい [attributive, stem], minikui [attributive], 醜けれ [hypothetical, stem], みにくけれ [hypothetical, stem], minikukere [hypothetical], 醜かれ [imperative, stem], みにくかれ [imperative, stem], minikukare [imperative], 醜くない [informal, negative], みにくくない [informal, negative], minikuku nai [informal, negative], 醜かった [informal, past], みにくかった [informal, past], minikukatta [informal, past], 醜くなかった [informal, negative, past], みにくくなかった [informal, negative, past], minikuku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 醜いです [formal], みにくいです [formal], minikui desu [formal], 醜くないです [formal, negative], みにくくないです [formal, negative], minikuku nai desu [formal, negative], 醜かったです [formal, past], みにくかったです [formal, past], minikukatta desu [formal, past], 醜くなかったです [formal, negative, past], みにくくなかったです [formal, negative, past], minikuku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 醜くて [conjunctive], みにくくて [conjunctive], minikukute [conjunctive], 醜ければ [conditional], みにくければ [conditional], minikukereba [conditional], 醜かったら [conditional, past], みにくかったら [conditional, past], minikukattara [conditional, past], 醜かろう [volitional], みにくかろう [volitional], minikukarō [volitional], 醜く [adverbial], みにくく [adverbial], minikuku [adverbial], 醜さ [noun-from-adj], みにくさ [noun-from-adj], minikusa [noun-from-adj]
  1. ugly
    Sense id: en-醜い-ja-adj-ct4nWsC0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 40 23 37
  2. ignoble, mean, shabby, vile, vulgar Synonyms (mean): 卑しい (iyashii), 汚い (kitanai), 見窄らしい (misuborashii)
    Sense id: en-醜い-ja-adj-cpUMncvJ 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 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 42 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 23 59 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 40 23 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 39 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 54 22 Disambiguation of 'mean': 0 100 0
  3. difficult to distinguish, hard to make out
    Sense id: en-醜い-ja-adj-uedabzVV Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 40 23 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 見悪い, 見難い, 見にくい
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "beautiful",
      "roman": "utsukushii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "美",
          "うつく"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ugly”",
      "word": "美しい"
    },
    {
      "english": "noble",
      "roman": "subarashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "素晴",
          "すば"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “mean”",
      "word": "素晴らしい"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "見",
        "3": "難い",
        "pos1": "the <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">見る</i> (miru, “to see, to look at”)",
        "t1": "seeing, looking",
        "t2": "hard to do, difficult",
        "tr1": "mi",
        "tr2": "nikui"
      },
      "expansion": "見 (mi, “seeing, looking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”)) + 難い (nikui, “hard to do, difficult”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 見 (mi, “seeing, looking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”)) + 難い (nikui, “hard to do, difficult”), with a literal meaning of “hard to look at” or “difficult to see”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "醜い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "醜",
          "みにく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜く",
      "roman": "minikuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "醜",
          "みにく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みにくい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "醜(みにく)い • (minikui) -i (adverbial 醜(みにく)く (minikuku))",
      "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": "みにく",
        "lemma": "醜",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 23 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ugly"
      ],
      "id": "en-醜い-ja-adj-ct4nWsC0",
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 42 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 59 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 65 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 65 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 23 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 65 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 39 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 54 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ignoble, mean, shabby, vile, vulgar"
      ],
      "id": "en-醜い-ja-adj-cpUMncvJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "ignoble",
          "ignoble"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "shabby",
          "shabby"
        ],
        [
          "vile",
          "vile"
        ],
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "roman": "iyashii",
          "sense": "mean",
          "word": "卑しい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "roman": "kitanai",
          "sense": "mean",
          "word": "汚い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "roman": "misuborashii",
          "sense": "mean",
          "word": "見窄らしい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 23 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "difficult to distinguish, hard to make out"
      ],
      "id": "en-醜い-ja-adj-uedabzVV",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "distinguish",
          "distinguish"
        ],
        [
          "make out",
          "make out"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "みにくい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mʲiɲ̟ikɯ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "見悪い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "見難い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "見にくい"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin"
  ],
  "word": "醜い"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "beautiful",
      "roman": "utsukushii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "美",
          "うつく"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ugly”",
      "word": "美しい"
    },
    {
      "english": "noble",
      "roman": "subarashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "素晴",
          "すば"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “mean”",
      "word": "素晴らしい"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "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 spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "見",
        "3": "難い",
        "pos1": "the <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb <i class=\"Jpan mention\" lang=\"ja\">見る</i> (miru, “to see, to look at”)",
        "t1": "seeing, looking",
        "t2": "hard to do, difficult",
        "tr1": "mi",
        "tr2": "nikui"
      },
      "expansion": "見 (mi, “seeing, looking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”)) + 難い (nikui, “hard to do, difficult”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 見 (mi, “seeing, looking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”)) + 難い (nikui, “hard to do, difficult”), with a literal meaning of “hard to look at” or “difficult to see”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "醜い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "醜",
          "みにく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜く",
      "roman": "minikuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "醜",
          "みにく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikui",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikui desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikuku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "醜さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みにくさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minikusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みにくい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "醜(みにく)い • (minikui) -i (adverbial 醜(みにく)く (minikuku))",
      "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": "みにく",
        "lemma": "醜",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ugly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ignoble, mean, shabby, vile, vulgar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ignoble",
          "ignoble"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "shabby",
          "shabby"
        ],
        [
          "vile",
          "vile"
        ],
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficult to distinguish, hard to make out"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "distinguish",
          "distinguish"
        ],
        [
          "make out",
          "make out"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "みにくい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mʲiɲ̟ikɯ̟i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "iyashii",
      "sense": "mean",
      "word": "卑しい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kitanai",
      "sense": "mean",
      "word": "汚い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "misuborashii",
      "sense": "mean",
      "word": "見窄らしい"
    },
    {
      "word": "見悪い"
    },
    {
      "word": "見難い"
    },
    {
      "word": "見にくい"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin"
  ],
  "word": "醜い"
}

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