有り難い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有 難
あ
Grade: 3		 がた
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

ari + katashi > arigatashi > arigataki > arigatai. The verb ari "is, are" in adverbial form suffixed by katashi "difficult". The initial consonant in katashi becomes voiced (/k/ -> /g/) due to the compounding of the two separate words. The original meaning was "difficult to be".

Adjective

有り難い (-i inflection, hiragana ありがたい, rōmaji arigatai)

  1. (literally) difficult to be
  2. (archaic) rare
    • c. 1045-1068: Yoru no Nezame (volume 1)
      人の世のさまざまなるを見聞きつもるに、なを寝覺の御仲らひばかり、あさからぬ契ながら、世に心づくしなるためしは、ありがたくも有けるかな。
  3. special; worthy of being thankful for

See also

References

  • Sakakura, Atsuyoshi (1964) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 78: Yoru no Nezame (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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