ぼったい · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | ぼったい | ぼったくない |
| Polite | ぼったいです | ぼったくないですalso ぼったくありません |
| Past polite | ぼったかったです | ぼったくなかったですalso ぼったくありませんでした |
| Past | ぼったかった | ぼったくなかった |
| Te-form | ぼったくて | ぼったくなくて |
| Adverbial | ぼったく | |
| Conditional | ぼったければ | ぼったくなければ |
| Tara conditional | ぼったかったら | ぼったくなかったら |
appearing quite ...; looking very ...
Attaches to the stem of an adjective or the -masu stem of a verb to mean 'looking very ...' or 'seeming quite ...'. Used in casual, often slightly negative or emphatic descriptions. Common in dialects such as Kansai-ben, but also found in colloquial standard Japanese.
That shop looked expensive and hard to enter, but when I went in it was surprisingly cheap. Still, it does feel a bit pricey-looking.
His explanations always sound really difficult and I don't quite get them.