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表層形
敏かっ
サトカッ
形容詞

敏かっ (サトカッ)

Satoka · さとかっ — clever, smart; sharp (ear, etc.), sensitive, discerning

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敏かっ in rōmaji: satoka.

形容詞 一般 * *
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Updated: 2026年10月1日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
敏かっ
見出し語 (Lemma)
聡い
読み (Reading)
サトカッ
品詞 (POS)
形容詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
形容詞
活用形 (Conj. Form)
連用形-促音便
表記 (Orthography)
敏かっ
読み・基本形
サトイ
表記・基本形
敏い
見出し語の読み
サトイ
How it's used

This is a less common, literary form of 鋭い (surudoi) meaning 'sharp, keen, acute', used in writing or formal speech.

彼女は敏かっ耳を持っている。
Kanojo wa satoka mimi o motte iru.
She has sharp ears.

その弁護士は敏かっ頭脳で知られている。
Sono bengoshi wa satoka zunō de shirarete iru.
That lawyer is known for his sharp mind.

⚖️ Often confused with 鋭い (surudoi), but 敏かっ is more formal and literary, while 鋭い is common in everyday speech.

💡 English Meaning

敏かっ means “clever, smart; sharp (ear, etc.), sensitive, discerning” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

敏い (サトイ) — main entry →

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サトカッ
Lemma: 聡い
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
丁寧形 (Polite)
聡いです
否定形 (Negative)
聡くない
過去形 (Past)
聡かった
て形 (Te-form)
聡くて
副詞形 (Adverbial)
聡く
仮定形 (Conditional)
聡ければ
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The surface form (敏かっ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (聡い) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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