鋭う
するどう · surudoi
JLPT N2 i-adjective 連用形
鋭う is the masu-stem of 鋭い — sharp (knife, claws, etc.), pointed.
- sharp (pain, tone, etc.), acute, stabbing, cutting (remark, criticism, etc.), stinging, biting, fierce (attack), pointed (question, look, etc.), piercing (gaze), shrill (sound)
- keen (intuition, sense of smell, et
How it’s built
鋭い
鋭う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
鋭い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 鋭い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 鋭い
| Negative (ない形) | 鋭くないするどくない |
| Past (た形) | 鋭かったするどかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 鋭くなかったするどくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 鋭くてするどくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 鋭くするどく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 鋭いするどい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 鋭ければするどければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 鋭かったらするどかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 鋭くなるするどくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 鋭すぎるするどすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
鋭けれ鋭きゃ鋭けりゃ鋭かろ鋭かろう鋭かろふ鋭い鋭え鋭く鋭かっSave your words
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