汚らわしい

汚らわしい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
汚
けが Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

kegarapasi > kegaraɸasi > kegarawasi.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けがらわし​い [kègáráwáshíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ɡa̠ɾa̠ɰᵝa̠ɕiː]

Alternative forms

• 穢らわしい

Adjectival noun

汚らわしい (-i inflection, hiragana けがらわしい, rōmaji kegarawashii, historical hiragana けがらはし)

1. dirty, unclean, profane
   • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 6 (back))

     汗穢 ケカラハシ

See also

• 汚れる (kegarer-)

Antonyms

• 清 (きよ)らか (kiyoraka, “sacred”)

References

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.