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素敵 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
てき
Grade: 6
(ateji)
goon kan'on
Alternative spellings
素的
素適
ステキ

Etymology

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Originally a compound of (su, abbreviation of 素晴らしい (subarashii, wonderful, superb)) +‎ (-teki, -ish, -like, adjectivizing suffix).[1][2][3][4]

First appears in the late Edo period, in the early 1800s.[1]

The use of (teki, enemy) instead of (teki, -ish, -like) is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).[1][2][3][5]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(てき) or 素敵(ステキ) (suteki-na (adnominal ()(てき) (suteki na), adverbial ()(てき) (suteki ni))

  1. [from early 1800s] lovely
    素敵(すてき)だね
    suteki da ne
    Isn't it wonderful?
  2. wonderful, splendid

Usage notes

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  • This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as ステキ.
  • Generally regarded as an informal word to be used in speech, and not in formal writing.[4]

Inflection

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 素敵・素的”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 素敵”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN