ほこりっぽい

Japanese
Alternative spelling
埃っぽい

Etymology

From 埃(ほころい) (hokoroi) + っぽい (-ppoi).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほこりっぽ​い [hòkóríppóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ko̞ɾʲip̚po̞i]

Adjective

ほこりっぽい • (hokorippoi) -i (adverbial ほこりっぽく (hokorippoku))

  1. dusty

Inflection
Inflection of ほこりっぽい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ほこりっぽかろ hokorippokaro
Continuative (連用形) ほこりっぽく hokorippoku
Terminal (終止形) ほこりっぽい hokorippoi
Attributive (連体形) ほこりっぽい hokorippoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) ほこりっぽけれ hokorippokere
Imperative (命令形) ほこりっぽかれ hokorippokare
Key constructions
Informal negative ほこりっぽくない hokorippoku nai
Informal past ほこりっぽかった hokorippokatta
Informal negative past ほこりっぽくなかった hokorippoku nakatta
Formal ほこりっぽいです hokorippoi desu
Formal negative ほこりっぽくないです hokorippoku nai desu
Formal past ほこりっぽかったです hokorippokatta desu
Formal negative past ほこりっぽくなかったです hokorippoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ほこりっぽくて hokorippokute
Conditional ほこりっぽければ hokorippokereba
Provisional ほこりっぽかったら hokorippokattara
Volitional ほこりっぽかろう hokorippokarō
Adverbial ほこりっぽく hokorippoku
Degree ほこりっぽさ hokoripposa

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