痛い
いたい · itai
Painful, sore
- cringy, embarrassing
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
注射をする時は少し痛いです。
ちゅうしゃをするときはすこしいたいです。
It hurts a little when they give an injection.
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朝から歯が痛いです。
あさからはがいたいです。
My tooth has hurt since morning.
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新年会でたくさん飲みすぎて、頭が痛い。
しんねんかいでたくさんのみすぎて、あたまがいたい。
I drank too much at the New Year's party and have a headache.
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ケーキを食べ過ぎてお腹が痛い。
けーきをたべすぎておなかがいたい。
I ate too much cake and my stomach hurts.
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Conjugation
| Negative (ない形) | 痛くないいたくない |
| Past (た形) | 痛かったいたかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 痛くなかったいたくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 痛くていたくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 痛くいたく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 痛いいたい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 痛ければいたければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 痛かったらいたかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 痛くなるいたくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 痛すぎるいたすぎる |
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What does 痛い mean?
Painful, sore. It can also mean: cringy, embarrassing.
How do you pronounce 痛い?
いたい (itai). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 痛い?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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