表層形
まどろこしく
マドロコシク
形容詞
まどろこしく (マドロコシク)
Madorokoshiku · まどろこしく — (frustratingly) slow, tedious, sluggish, roundabout (e.g. explanation), exasperating, irritating
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まどろこしく in rōmaji: madorokoshiku.
形容詞
一般
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📝 まどろっこしい 🔤 形容詞 📐 連用形-一般
Updated: 2026年10月7日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
まどろこしく
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
まどろっこしい
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| 読み (Reading) |
マドロコシク
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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) |
まどろこしく
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| 読み・基本形 |
マドロコシー
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| 表記・基本形 |
まどろこしい
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| 見出し語の読み |
マドロッコシイ
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💡 English Meaning
まどろこしく means “(frustratingly) slow, tedious, sluggish, roundabout (e.g. explanation), exasperating, irritating” — full definition & examples →
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まどろこしい (マドロコシー) — main entry →
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Reading & Info
マドロコシク
Lemma: まどろっこしい
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
まどろっこしいです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
まどろっこしくない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
まどろっこしかった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
まどろっこしくて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
まどろっこしく
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
まどろっこしければ
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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 (まどろこしく) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (まどろっこしい) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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