Infix (Basic ㊦ 397)
An infix attached to the stem of an adjective い to indicate something that one cannot objectively measure on any scale (e.g. human emotion).
Adjectives (い) that do not contain -し- are, for the most part, descriptive adjectives that are dependent on the speaker’s objective judgment. In other words, they are adjectives which indicate something that one can objectively measure on some scale. Typical descriptive adjectives are:
| 赤い（red) | 低い（low) | 青い（blue) | 堅い（hard) |
| 大きい（big) | 浅い（shallow) | 軽い（light) | 白い（white) |
| 小さい（small) | 黒い（black) | 高い（high) | 近い（near) |
| 短い（short) | 薄い（thin) | 深い（deep) | 長い（long) |
| 安い（cheap) | 柔らかい（soft) | 若い（young) | 濃い（thick) |