平たい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “formed with root + ta + i? cf. 重たい”)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "平たい"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 平たく らたく [hìrátákú]
Terminal (終止形) 平たい らたい
らた
[hìrátáí]
[hìrátáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 平たい らたい [hìrátáí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 平たくない らたくな [hìrátákúnáꜜì]
Informal past 平たかった らたかった [hìrátáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 平たくなかった らたくなかった [hìrátákúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 平たいです らたいです [hìrátáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 平たくて らたくて [hìrátáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 平たければ らたければ [hìrátáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(ひら)たい • (hiratai) -i (adverbial (ひら)たく (hirataku))

  1. flat, even, level, smooth
  2. (of speech) plain, clear

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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