愛くるしい

愛くるしい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛
あい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいくるし​い [àíkúrúshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ikɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝɕiː]

Adjective

愛くるしい (-i inflection, hiragana あいくるしい, rōmaji aikurushii)

1. sweet, cute[2]

References

1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
2. Taishukan's Genius Japanese-English Dictionary (in English), Tōkyō: Taishukan, 1998.