表層形
かいがいしく
カイガイシク
形容詞
かいがいしく (カイガイシク)
Kaigaishiku · かいがいしく — brisk and efficient, diligent, devoted, spirited
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かいがいしく in rōmaji: kaigaishiku.
形容詞
一般
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📝 甲斐甲斐しい 🔤 形容詞 📐 連用形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月28日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
かいがいしく
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
甲斐甲斐しい
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| 読み (Reading) |
カイガイシク
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
かいがいしく
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| 読み・基本形 |
カイガイシー
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| 表記・基本形 |
かいがいしい
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| 見出し語の読み |
カイガイシイ
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How it's used
Used in formal or literary contexts to describe someone's diligent, devoted, and efficient manner of doing things.
彼はかいがいしく働いた。
Kare wa kaigaishiku hataraita.
He worked diligently and efficiently.
彼女はかいがいしく家事をこなす。
Kanojo wa kaigaishiku kaji o konasu.
She handles household chores briskly and efficiently.
💡 English Meaning
かいがいしく means “brisk and efficient, diligent, devoted, spirited” — full definition & examples →
⭐ Dictionary Form
かいがいしい (カイガイシー) — main entry →
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Reading & Info
カイガイシク
Lemma: 甲斐甲斐しい
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
甲斐甲斐しいです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
甲斐甲斐しくない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
甲斐甲斐しかった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
甲斐甲斐しくて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
甲斐甲斐しく
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
甲斐甲斐しければ
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Did you know · 形容詞
形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (かいがいしく) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (甲斐甲斐しい) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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