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可愛い [ateji/ichi1,news2,nf32]
かわいい [ichi1,news2,nf32] カワイイ [sk] カワイい [sk] かわいーい [sk] かわーい [sk] かわえー [sk]
1. [adj-i] [uk]
▶ cute
▶ adorable
▶ charming
▶ lovely
▶ pretty
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2860450 かわヨ 1. cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
  ⇐ see: 2858343 可愛【かわい】 1. cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
  ⇐ see: 2845536 かわよい 1. cute; adorable
2. [adj-i] [uk]
▶ dear
▶ precious
▶ darling
▶ pet
3. [adj-i] [uk]
▶ innocent
▶ childlike
▶ childish
▶ lovable
4. [adj-i] [uk]
▶ dainty
▶ little
▶ tiny

Conjugations


History:
23. A 2024-11-12 07:58:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
22. A* 2024-11-09 01:22:06  parfait8
  Comments:
>New editions of sankoku and smk describe かわゆい as archaic ("古風") but still in use colloquially.

yes, i propose to split it out

from sankoku: 
「顔映(かおは)ゆし〔=はずかしくて顔がほてるようだ〕」が「かはゆし」→「かわゆい」→「かわいい」と変化。それに似た意味の漢語「可愛(かあい)」を当てた。
this seems more [gikun] than [ateji] to me...
  Diff:
@@ -18,3 +17,0 @@
-<reb>かわゆい</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
21. A 2024-10-18 06:30:56  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
かわえー	5485
  Diff:
@@ -33,0 +34,4 @@
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>かわえー</reb>
20. A 2024-10-18 05:50:18  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
可愛い	19104790	43.3%
かわいい	21854459	49.5%
かわゆい	330933	0.7%
カワイイ	2850663	6.5%
カワイい	3899	0.0%
かわーい	1057	0.0%
かわいーい	7892	0.0%
  Diff:
@@ -25,0 +26,8 @@
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>かわいーい</reb>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>かわーい</reb>
19. A 2024-10-11 04:42:29  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
New editions of sankoku and smk describe かわゆい as archaic ("古風") but still in use colloquially.
Would probably be fine to tag it as [rk].
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