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表層形
きも可愛
キモカワイ
形容詞

きも可愛 (キモカワイ)

Kimokawai · きもかわい — both repellant and attractive at the same time, both cute and disgusting

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きも可愛 in rōmaji: kimokawai.

形容詞 一般 * *
📝 きも可愛い 🔤 形容詞 📐 語幹-一般
Updated: 2026年9月29日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
きも可愛
見出し語 (Lemma)
きも可愛い
読み (Reading)
キモカワイ
品詞 (POS)
形容詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
形容詞
活用形 (Conj. Form)
語幹-一般
表記 (Orthography)
きも可愛
読み・基本形
キモカワイー
表記・基本形
きも可愛い
見出し語の読み
キモカワイイ
💡 English Meaning

きも可愛 means “both repellant and attractive at the same time, both cute and disgusting” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

きも可愛い (キモカワイー) — main entry →

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Reading & Info
キモカワイ
Lemma: きも可愛い
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
丁寧形 (Polite)
きも可愛いです
否定形 (Negative)
きも可愛くない
過去形 (Past)
きも可愛かった
て形 (Te-form)
きも可愛くて
副詞形 (Adverbial)
きも可愛く
仮定形 (Conditional)
きも可愛ければ
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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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The surface form (きも可愛) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (きも可愛い) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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