"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 Wikipedia link: Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Related terms: にがり (nigari), 渋い (shibui) (ruby: (しぶ)), 甘い (amai) (ruby: (あま)), 酸っぱい (suppai) (ruby: ()), 塩っぱい (shoppai) (ruby: (しょ)), 辛い (karai) (ruby: (から)), 旨味 (umami) (ruby: 旨味(うまみ))
{
  "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 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "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"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bitter coffee",
          "roman": "nigai kōhī",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦",
              "にが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦いコーヒー",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "bitter experience",
          "roman": "nigai keiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦",
              "にが"
            ],
            [
              "経験",
              "けいけん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦い経験",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "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"
        },
        {
          "roman": "amai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "甘",
              "あま"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "甘い"
        },
        {
          "roman": "suppai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "酸",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "酸っぱい"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shoppai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "塩",
              "しょ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "塩っぱい"
        },
        {
          "roman": "karai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "辛",
              "から"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "辛い"
        },
        {
          "roman": "umami",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "旨味",
              "うまみ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "旨味"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "roman": "amai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "甘",
          "あま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "甘い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suppai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "酸",
          "す"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "酸っぱい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shoppai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "塩",
          "しょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "塩っぱい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "karai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "辛",
          "から"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "辛い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "umami",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "旨味",
          "うまみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "旨味"
    }
  ],
  "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 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bitter coffee",
          "roman": "nigai kōhī",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦",
              "にが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦いコーヒー",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "bitter experience",
          "roman": "nigai keiken",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "苦",
              "にが"
            ],
            [
              "経験",
              "けいけん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "苦い経験",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bitter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bitter",
          "bitter"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "にがい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɲ̟iɡa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "苦い"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 苦い meaning in Japanese (11.4kB)

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  "path": [
    "苦い"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "苦い",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "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"
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "苦い",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). 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.

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