果てしない

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
果てし無い

Etymology

果てし (hateshi, emphatic form of 果て (hate)[1]) + ない (nai, not any)[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てしな [hàtéshínáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠te̞ɕina̠i]

Adjective

()てしない (hateshinai) -i (adverbial ()てしなく (hateshinaku))

  1. eternal, endless, perpetual, everlasting

Inflection

References

  1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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