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諄くどい

Hiragana
くどい
Hepburn romanization
Pitch accent
Adjective

verbose, long-winded, boring / heavy, strong, rich (taste, color)

Although the professor's lecture was insightful in itself, his explanations kept returning to the same premises and were so long-winded that by the end it was difficult to stay focused.

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諄い

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei) Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 諄かっ 諄う
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei) Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei) Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei) Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei) Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form Expresses a condition with kereba.
Notes
  • 「諄い」は「くどい」と読むイ形容詞。連用形「諄う」は「ございます」などに接続する丁寧表現で用いられることがある。

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