表層形
覚束な
オボツカナ
形容詞
覚束な (オボツカナ)
Obotsukana · おぼつかな — uncertain, doubtful, unpromising; unreliable, unsteady, insecure, shaky, faltering; unclear, vague, hazy, indistinct
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覚束な in rōmaji: obotsukana.
形容詞
一般
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📝 覚束無い 🔤 形容詞 📐 語幹-一般
Updated: 2026年9月28日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
覚束な
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
覚束無い
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| 読み (Reading) |
オボツカナ
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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) |
語幹-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
覚束な
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| 読み・基本形 |
オボツカナイ
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| 表記・基本形 |
覚束ない
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| 見出し語の読み |
オボツカナイ
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💡 English Meaning
覚束な means “uncertain, doubtful, unpromising; unreliable, unsteady, insecure, shaky, faltering; unclear, vague, hazy, indistinct” — full definition & examples →
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オボツカナ
Lemma: 覚束無い
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
覚束無いです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
覚束無くない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
覚束無かった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
覚束無くて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
覚束無く
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
覚束無ければ
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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 (覚束な) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (覚束無い) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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