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2. predicative adjectives

predicative adjectives (叙述形容詞)

= predicate adjectives

a- 形容詞をいくつかまとめてみました。

下記の表をよく見ると、a + blaze, a + float, a + foot, a + live などの組み合わせは非常に多い。

使ってみて覚えていくしかない!

注意: available, amazing, acid のような形容詞は名詞の前でも大丈夫。
叙述形容詞(名詞の前は不可)とその
同意語 (*印以外限定用法可(名詞の前でも可能))

synonyms : attributive use OK except for the ones marked *

1
abashed
= embarrassed


2
ablaze
= blazing, burning


3
adrift
= drifting, loose, free


4
aflame
= burning, showing excitement


5
afloat
= floating, buoyant


6
afoot
= happening, going on


7
afraid
= frightened, scared, terrified


8
agape
= (mouth) wide open, gaping


9
aghast
= * filled with horror & surprise when you see or hear something


10
aglow
= shining (with warmth, color or happiness)


11
aground
= grounded, beached, * stuck


12
akin
= similar, related, close, near


12
alight
= burning


13
alike
= very similar


14
alive
= living, not dead


15
alone
= lonely, unhappy, * without other people


16
aloof
= not friendly, not interested in other people


17
amiss
= wrong, mistaken


18
aplenty
= many, * in abundance, * in large numbers [quantities]


19
applicable
= relevant, appropriate


20
ashamed
= sorry, embarrassed


21
askew
= crooked, not straight


22
attributable (to)
* caused by the thing mentioned


23
au fait (with 〜)
= completely familiar (with)
(フランス語からの外来語)


24
awake
= wakeful, sleepless, restless


25
aware
= conscious (of), knowledgeable


26
awash (with 〜)
= flooded, inundated, swamped, overflowing
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