Japanese
Pronunciation
Adjective
ぼろい • (boroi) -i (adverbial ぼろく (boroku))
- very profitable, lucrative (for not much effort or investment)
- (colloquial) worn-out, in bad condition
Inflection
Inflection of ぼろい
| Stem forms
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| Imperfective (未然形)
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ぼろかろ
|
borokaro
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| Continuative (連用形)
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ぼろく
|
boroku
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| Terminal (終止形)
|
ぼろい
|
boroi
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| Attributive (連体形)
|
ぼろい
|
boroi
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| Hypothetical (仮定形)
|
ぼろけれ
|
borokere
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| Imperative (命令形)
|
ぼろかれ
|
borokare
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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ぼろくない
|
boroku nai
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| Informal past
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ぼろかった
|
borokatta
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| Informal negative past
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ぼろくなかった
|
boroku nakatta
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| Formal
|
ぼろいです
|
boroi desu
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| Formal negative
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ぼろくないです
|
boroku nai desu
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| Formal past
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ぼろかったです
|
borokatta desu
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| Formal negative past
|
ぼろくなかったです
|
boroku nakatta desu
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| Conjunctive
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ぼろくて
|
borokute
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| Conditional
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ぼろければ
|
borokereba
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| Provisional
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ぼろかったら
|
borokattara
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| Volitional
|
ぼろかろう
|
borokarō
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| Adverbial
|
ぼろく
|
boroku
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| Degree
|
ぼろさ
|
borosa
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References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN