基本 – Basic Japanese Adjectives and Sentences : い-Adjective

Below are 20 basic Japanese adjectives with some example sentences. Adjectives add more specific meaning to nouns. Combine these adjectives with some basic verbs and basic adverbs, and you can express even more concepts in Japanese.

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Space and Distance

高い （たかい）: tall
高たかい山やまを登のぼった
I climbed a tall mountain

深い（ふかい）: deep
特とくに深ふかい意味いみはない
there is not any particularly deep meaning

近い（ちかい）: close
駅えきの近ちかくに住すんでいる
I live close to the train station

Adverbs for Amounts

多い（おおい) : many
ここは人ひとが多おおい
there are many people here

少ない（すくない) : few
あそこは人ひとが少ない
there are few people over there

Comparative Adjectives

強い（つよい）: strong
今日きょう風かぜが強つよいね
the wind is strong today

新しい（あたらしい）: new
毎日まいにち新あたらしいことを学まなびたい
I want to learn something new every day

若い（わかい）: young
若わかいころはよくここに来きていた
I came here often when I was young

難しい （むずかしい）: difficult
今いま難むずかしい質問しつもんを聞きかないで
don’t ask me difficult questions now

早い（はやい）: early
一日いちにちも早はやく日本にほんに行いきたい
I want to go to Japan as early as even one day

Size and dimension

大きい（おおきい) : big
大おおきいネズミが出でた
a big mouse appeared

小さい（ちいさい）: small
声こえが小ちいさくて聞きこえない
your voice is small(quiet) and I can’t hear you

長い（ながい）: long
象ぞうは鼻はなが長ながい
Elephants have long noses

Basic Adjectives for Evaluation

いい  : good
どちらがいい？
Which is good? (which do you want)

悪い（わるい）: bad
体調たいちょうが悪わるい
My physical condition is bad

欲しい（ほしい）: want
子供こどもが欲ほしい
I want kids

うまい : good, skillful, tasty
全部ぜんぶんがうまく行いった
everything went well

すごい : superb, tremendous, amazing
車くるまがすごいスピードで通とおった
The car passed with tremendous speed

楽しい（たのしい）: fun
楽たのしい人生じんせいを送おくっている
I lead a fun life

美味しい（おいしい）: tasty
毎日まいにち美味おいしい物ものを食たべて過すごしている
I spend everyday eating tasty stuff

Learning common words is a good way to start learning Japanese. Learning common words in different word categories is even better. If you want to know where to go next, there is a special category of words in Japanese called Rentaishi. They are kind of like a type of adjective.

After that, I have several other posts on Vocabulary. Good luck with your Japanese learning journey.

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Resources

• Frequent Japanese words – ninjal