きっつい (キッツイ)
Kittsui · きっつい — tough, hard, severe, demanding, harsh; determined, strong-minded, forceful, formidable, fierce; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol), severe, intense
Other ways to say “tough” in Japanese →
きっつい in rōmaji: kittsui.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
きっつい
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
きつい
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| 読み (Reading) |
キッツイ
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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) |
終止形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
きっつい
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| 読み・基本形 |
キッツイ
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| 表記・基本形 |
きっつい
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| 見出し語の読み |
キツイ
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Casual spoken Japanese, often used by younger people, to describe something as intense, harsh, or demanding, emphasizing a personal reaction.
この仕事はきっついなあ。
Kono shigoto wa kittsui naa.
This job is really tough.
今日の日差しはきっついね。
Kyou no hizashi wa kittsui ne.
The sunlight today is really strong.
⚖️ Often confused with 'きつい' (kitsui), but 'きっつい' is a more emphatic, casual variant.
きっつい means “tough, hard, severe, demanding, harsh; determined, strong-minded, forceful, formidable, fierce; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol), severe, intense” — full definition & examples →
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
きついです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
きつくない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
きつかった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
きつくて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
きつく
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
きつければ
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