太い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
太
ふと
Grade: 2
Alternative spellings
麁
巨
大
踈
酬
硬
麤
麆
矜
矝
洪

Etymology

From Old Japanese 太し (puto1si).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "太い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 太く ふ​とく
ふと​く		 [fúꜜtòkù]
[fùtóꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 太い ふと​い [fùtóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 太い ふと​い [fùtóꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 太くない ふ​とくない
ふと​くない		 [fúꜜtòkùnàì]
[fùtóꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 太かった ふ​とかった
ふと​かった		 [fúꜜtòkàttà]
[fùtóꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 太くなかった ふ​とくなかった
ふと​くなかった		 [fúꜜtòkùnàkàttà]
[fùtóꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 太いです ふと​いです [fùtóꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 太くて ふ​とくて
ふと​くて		 [fúꜜtòkùtè]
[fùtóꜜkùtè]
Conditional 太ければ ふ​とければ
ふと​ければ		 [fúꜜtòkèrèbà]
[fùtóꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

太(ふと)い • (futoi) -i (adverbial 太(ふと)く (futoku))

  1. large (of size):
    1. [from 909] big (of linear objects)
    2. [from late 1000s] fat
    3. [from 1889] deep sounding (of a voice or a breath)
    4. [from 1868] rich
    5. [from 1573] huge
    6. [unknown] (archery) wide distance of a bow
    7. [from 1850] rough (of the eyes)
  2. rich (of spirit):
    1. [from 759] bold, brave, undisturbed, stable
    2. [from 1638] shameless
    3. [from c. 1211] majestic

Inflection
Inflection of 太い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 太かろ ふとかろ futokaro
Continuative (連用形) 太く ふとく futoku
Terminal (終止形) 太い ふとい futoi
Attributive (連体形) 太い ふとい futoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) 太けれ ふとけれ futokere
Imperative (命令形) 太かれ ふとかれ futokare
Key constructions
Informal negative 太くない ふとくない futoku nai
Informal past 太かった ふとかった futokatta
Informal negative past 太くなかった ふとくなかった futoku nakatta
Formal 太いです ふといです futoi desu
Formal negative 太くないです ふとくないです futoku nai desu
Formal past 太かったです ふとかったです futokatta desu
Formal negative past 太くなかったです ふとくなかったです futoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 太くて ふとくて futokute
Conditional 太ければ ふとければ futokereba
Provisional 太かったら ふとかったら futokattara
Volitional 太かろう ふとかろう futokarō
Adverbial 太く ふとく futoku
Degree 太さ ふとさ futosa

Hyponyms

References
  1. 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, page 638
  2. “ふと・い 【太】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) Paid subscription required‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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