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Understanding 「性格悪いのお前」
There are two possible ways to understand 性格悪い: one is the compound i-adjective 性格+悪い and the other is omission of the particle が or の from 性格が悪い/性格の悪い. Anyway, this means "having bad personality&...
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い-adjectives derived from verbs
Are there many い-adjectives derived from verbs?
There are quite a few. For example...
[勇]{いさ}む → 勇ましい
[痛]{いた}む → 痛ましい
[苛立]{いらだ}つ → 苛立たしい
[疑]{うたが}う → 疑わしい
[疎]{うと}む → 疎ましい
[恨]{うら}む → 恨めしい
[羨]{うらや}む → ...
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