Japanese Words - Japanese Adjectives

Let's learn Japanese adjectives such as big and small, hot and cold.
In Japanese language, there are two kinds of adjectives: regular adjectives called i-adjectives
and irregular adjectives called na-adjectives. Here, we introduced i-adjectives.

The i-adjectives conjugate into different forms, affirmative or negative, present or past.
All i-adjectives end with i. Each form can be made by changing the last, -i as follows.

ex. atsui (hot)

	Affirmative	Negative
Present	atsui	atsu-kunai
Past	atsu-katta	atsu-kunakatta

We explain clearly about Japanese adjectives and how to use it with many examples in our publications to learn Japanese, "Building Up Conversation" and "Japanese@Once".

Japanese Adjectives

takai	expensive, high, tall
yasui	inexpensive, cheap
ookii	big, large
chiisai	small
atsui	hot
samui	cold
atatakai	warm
suzushii	cool
tsumetai	cold (object)
oishii	delicious, tasty
isogashii	busy
omoshiroi	interesting, fun
tanoshii	enjoyable, joyful
tsumaranai	uninteresting, boring
ii	nice, good
chikai	near
tooi	far
omoi	heavy
karui	light
nagai	long
mijikai	short
akarui	bright, light
kurai	dark
atarashii	new

furui	old
abunai	dangerous
hiroi	wide, spacious
semai	narrow
muzukashii	difficult
yasashii	easy, gentle
amai	sweet
karai	hot, spicy
urusai	noisy
tsuyoi	strong
yowai	weak
ooi	many, a lot
sukunai	few, a little
futoi	thick (cylindrical object)
hosoi	thin (cylindrical object)
atsui	thick (flat object)
usui	thin (flat object)
kawaii	lovely, cute
itai	painful
ureshii	happy, glad
kanashii	sad
wakai	young
hayai	fast, early
osoi	slow, late

Japanese@Once

contains three parts. Part 2 is categorized by the 40 daily scenes such as
"At the restaurant", "Train station", "Japanese inn". "Telephone", etc.

See Part 1 Chapter 10 : Adjectives

See Part 3 Chapter 4 : Adjectives

How to use Adjectives and example sentences are presented.

Building Up Conversation

See Level 1 Chapter 8 : Adjectives - The summer in Japan is hot.

How to use Adjectives and example sentences are presented.

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The aim of this material is to help learners acquire practical conversation skills step by step by using many audio drills.

This material covers from the basic level to the lower intermediate level and much frequently used sentences and expressions are carefully selected and compiled.

Various support materials such as Hiragana Katakana Work Books, Handy Phrases 200, Basic Japanese Words 2000, etc. are provided.

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Japanese@Once

This material is designed for those who want to learn practical Japanese language in a short period of time.

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Part 1 : Building Up Conversation (40 chapters)

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