Below we show you all about the adjectives jlpt n5.

LIST OF I-ADJECTIVES JLPT N5 TO PASS THE EXAM

This is the table of all the i-adjectives you need to know for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N5.

Kanji	Furigana	Romaji	Meaning
青い	あおい	aoi*	blue
赤い	あかい	akai*	red
明るい	あかるい	akarui	bright
温かい	あたたかい	atatakai	warm
新しい	あたらしい	atarashii	new
暑い	あつい	atsui	hot (weather, etc.)
厚い	あつい	atsui	thickness
危ない	あぶない	abunai	dangerous
甘い	あまい	amai	sweet
良い	よい / いい	yoi / ii	good
忙しい	いそがしい	isogashii	busy
痛い	いたい	itai	feel pain/painful
薄い	うすい	usui	thin
美味しい	おいしい	oishii	tasty, delicious
大きい	おおきい	ookii	large
遅い	おそい	osoi	late, slow
重い	おもい	omoi	heavy
面白い	おもしろい	omoshiroi	interesting, fun
辛い	からい	karai	spicy
軽い	かるい	karui	light (not heavy)
可愛い	かわいい	kawaii	nice, pretty
黄色い	きいろい	kiiroi	yellow
汚い	きたない	kitanai	dirty
暗い	くらい	kurai	dark
黒い	くろい	kuroi	black
寒い	さむい	samui	cold
白い	しろい	shiroi	white
涼しい	すずしい	suzushii	cool
狭い	せまい	semai	narrow
高い	たかい	takai	tall, expensive
楽しい	たのしい	tanoshii	enjoyable, fun
小さい	ちいさい	chiisai	small
近い	ちかい	chikai	near
詰らない	つまらない	tsumaranai	uninteresting
冷たい	つめたい	tsumetai	cold
強い	つよい	tsuyoi	strong
遠い	とおい	tooi	far
長い	ながい	nagai	length
早い	はやい	hayai	early
速い	はやい	hayai	fast
低い	ひくい	hikui	low (position)
広い	ひろい	hiroi	wide, spacious
太い	ふとい	futoi	thick, fat
古い	ふるい	furui	ancient, old
欲しい	ほしい	hoshii	want something
細い	ほそい	hosoi	slim, thin
不味い	まずい	mazui	bad taste
丸い	まるい	marui	round
短い	みじかい	mijikai	short
難しい	むずかしい	muzukashii	difficult
寂しい	さびしい	sabishii	lonely
優しい	やさしい	yasashii	kind
安い	やすい	yasui	cheap
若い	わかい	wakai	young

*REMEMBER: that the basic colors of Japanese are conjugated by adding i. Since red would be aka and red akai. See this post to clarify the doubts: THE COLORS IN JAPANESE AND HOW TO CONJUGATE THEM..

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i-adjectives: negation – kunai-form (kunai form)

Japanese i adjectives can also express a negative meaning. It is close to adding un- to a Spanish (fácil= un -fácil, no es fácil) or English (easy = un-easy, not easy) adjective. In order to construct this form you first remove the い – I at the end of the simple form and add くない – KUNAI to the i-adjective stem as described in the following examples:

• 高い => 高- => 高 + くない => 高くない
• takai => taka- => taka + kunai => takakunai

Simple form	Romaji	Meaning	Negation	Romaji	Meaning
高い	takai	tall	高くない	takakunai	is not tall
安い	yasui	cheap	安くない	yasukunai	is not cheap
美味しい	oishii	tasty	美味しくない	oishikunai	is not tasty
広い	hiroi	spacious	広くない	hirokunai	is not spacious
寂しい	sabishii	lonely	寂しくない	sabishikunai	is not lonely

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Example of kunai form

Kanji	隣りのスーパーはあまり高くないです。
Furigana	となりのスーパーはあまりたかくないです。
Romaji	tonari no suupaa wa amari takakunai desu.
English	The neighborhood supermarket is not very expensive.

i-adjectives: negation of the past – kunakatta-form (how to negate the past in Japanese) kunakatta form

It can also express a negative meaning of an adjective i that happens in the past. In Spanish it is equivalent to “no estaba” and in English this is the equivalent of “was not”. The construction of this form is very similar to the kunai form. You remove the い (i) at the end of the simple form and add くなかった (kunakatta) to the root of the adjective i as described in the following examples:

• 高い => 高- => 高 + くなかった => 高くなかった
• takai => taka- => taka + kunakatta => takakunakatta

Simple form	Romaji	Meaning	Negation	Romaji	Meaning
高い	takai	tall	高くなかった	takakunakatta	was not tall
安い	yasui	cheap	安くなかった	yasukunakatta	was not cheap
美味しい	oishii	tasty	美味しくなかった	oishikunakatta	was not tasty
広い	hiroi	spacious	広くなかった	hirokunakatta	was not spacious
寂しい	sabishii	lonely	寂しくなかった	sabishikunakatta	was not lonely

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Example of kunakatta form

Kanji	昨日の授業はあまり面白くなかったです。
Furigana	きのうのじゅぎょうはあまりおもしろくなかったです。
Romaji	kinou no jugyou wa amari omoshirokunakatta desu.
English	Yesterday’s lesson was not very interesting.

i-adjectives: past tense – katta form (katta form)

Japanese i adjectives can also express situations in the past, as we have said. While in English you have many past tense combinations, or in English you have to use “was” in front of the word, i adjectives can build the past tense on their own. By removing the い (i) at the end of the simple form and adding かった (katta) to the root of the i adjective as described in the following examples:

• 高い => 高- => 高 + かった => 高かった
• takai => taka- => taka + katta => takakatta

Simple form	Romaji	Meaning	Negation	Romaji	Meaning
高い	takai	tall	高かった	takakatta	was tall
安い	yasui	cheap	安かった	yasukatta	was cheap
美味しい	oishii	tasty	美味しかった	oishikatta	was tasty
広い	hiroi	spacious	広かった	hirokatta	was spacious
寂しい	sabishii	lonely	寂しかった	sabishikatta	was lonely

Ejemplo de forma katta

Kanji	この話はあまり面白かったです。
Furigana	このはなしはあまりおもしろかったです。
Romaji	kono hanashi wa amari omoshirokatta desu.
English	This story was very interesting.

i-adjectives: sa-form (sa-form) how to change from adjective to noun in Japanese

The Japanese language is very flexible with adjectives. The sa-form, or -sa form, allows you to use an adjective i as a noun or in other words to add ~osa ~or ~ness (e.g., useful => usefulness, powerful => powerful, etc.).

It is very easy to construct. Simply replace “i” at the end of the word with a “sa”. So 楽しい (tanoshii, nice) becomes joy as 楽しさ (tanoshisa). Here are some more examples to make it clear:

Simple form	Romaji	Meaning	sa Form	Romaji	Meaning
楽しい	tanoshii	enjoyable	楽しさ	tanoshisa	joy
美しい	utsukushii	beautiful	美しさ	utsukushisa	beauty
新しい	atarashii	new	新しさ	atarashisa	novelty
赤い	akai	red	赤さ	akasa	redness
大きい	ookii	big	大きさ	ookisa	size, dimensions

Example of SA form

Kanji	日本のお寺の美しさが好きです。。
Furigana	にほんのはなしはあまりおもしろかったです。
Romaji	Ni hon’no hanashi wa amari omoshirokattadesu.
English	I like the beauty of Japanese temples.

i-adjectives: sou-form (forma sou)

The sou form of an adjective i expresses that something appears to be a certain way. It is translated in phrases like: that looks red (akasou).

It is very easy to construct. Simply replace the last “i” of the adjective with a “sou”. So 楽しい (tanoshii, nice) becomes 楽しそう (tanoshisou) looks funny. Here are some more examples to make it clear:

Simple form	Romaji	Meaning	sa Form	Romaji	Meaning
楽しい	tanoshii	enjoyable	楽しそう	tanoshisou	Looks enjoyable
美しい	utsukushii	beautiful	美しそう	utsukushisou	Looks beautiful
新しい	atarashii	new	新しそう	atarashisou	Looks new
赤い	akai	red	赤そう	akasou	Looks red
大きい	ookii	big	大きそう	ookisou	Looks big

Example of SOU form

Kanji	この料理はとても美味しそうです。
Furigana	このりょうりはとてもおいしそうです。
Romaji	kono ryouri wa totemo oishisou desu.
English	This dish looks very delicious.

IN THE NEXT ARTICLE WE WILL SEE -NA ADJECTIVES FOR JLPT N5

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN い I ADJECTIVES AND な NA ADJECTIVES IN JAPANESE

As a general rule: Adjectives i い always end in い (i), but adjectives な (na) even if they end in い (i) is not out of its kanji (such as okurigana).

美しい (しい is the okurigana)
うつく

綺麗な
きれい ( although it ends in i this is part of the kanji)

*This is not always the case, but this is a general rule.

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