Japanese

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Kanji in this term
やす
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
廉い

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. First appears in the Kojiki of 712 CE as 夜須(久) (yasu(ku)).[1][2] In turn from Proto-Japonic *yasu. Cognate with 休む (yasumu, to rest).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「安い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 安く すく
[yáꜜsùkù]
[yàsúꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 安い [yàsúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 安い [yàsúꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 安くない すくない
くない
[yáꜜsùkùnàì]
[yàsúꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 安かった すかった
かった
[yáꜜsùkàttà]
[yàsúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 安くなかった すくなかった
くなかった
[yáꜜsùkùnàkàttà]
[yàsúꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 安いです いです [yàsúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 安くて すくて
くて
[yáꜜsùkùtè]
[yàsúꜜkùtè]
Conditional 安ければ すければ
ければ
[yáꜜsùkèrèbà]
[yàsúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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(やす) (yasui-i (adverbial (やす) (yasuku))

  1. inexpensive
  2. cheap

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ The template Template:R:Jidai-betsu Kokugo Daijiten does not use the parameter(s):
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    Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 やす・い 【安・易】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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