擬しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the attributive form of the Early Middle Japanese adjective modokashi: /modokashiki/ > /modokashii/, with the medial /-k-/ falling out. Cognate with verb 擬く (もどく, modoku).

Adjective

擬しい (-i inflection, hiragana もどかしい, rōmaji modokashii)

  1. irritating

Inflection

Synonyms

See also

  •  (もど) (modoku)
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