生憎

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
あい
Grade: 1
(ateji)
にく
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
生憎 (kyūjitai)
合憎

Etymology

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Shift from あやにく (ayaniku),[1][2][3][4]from あや (aya, an interjection) + にく (niku, root of adjective (にく) (nikui, hateful, detestable, abominable))[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(あい)(にく) (ainiku-na (adnominal (あい)(にく) (ainiku na), adverbial (あい)(にく) (ainiku ni))

  1. unfortunate, unfortunately
  2. I'm sorry to say that...

Inflection

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Noun

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(あい)(にく) (ainiku

  1. unluckiness, bad timing
    あいにく(あめ)試合(しあい)中止(ちゅうし)になった。
    Ainiku no ame de shiai wa chūshi ni natta.
    The game was called off due to the ill-timed rain.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 生憎”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN