確か

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たし
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 慥か (uncommon)

Pronunciation

Adjective

確か (-na inflection, hiragana たしか, rōmaji tashika)

  1. certain, clear, without a doubt
  2. secure, reliable, able to be trusted completely

Inflection

Synonyms

Adverb

確か (hiragana たしか, rōmaji tashika)

  1. if I remember correctly, in my memory, probably but not totally sure.
     (たし)、ここに ()たことがある。
    Tashika, koko ni kita koto ga aru.
    I'm pretty sure that I've come here before.

Usage notes

Adverbial use without the particle (ni) is colloquial. The meaning for this usage is different from the certainly, surely sense of 確か (tashika ni).

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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