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Learning the Japanese Adjectives displayed below is vital to the language. Japanese Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Japanese Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | keiyoushi - 形容詞 |
| a green tree | midori no ki - 緑の木 |
| a tall building | takai biru - 高いビル |
| a very old man | kourei no otoko - 高齢の男 |
| the old red house | furuku te akai ie - 古くて赤い家 |
| a very nice friend | totemo yasashii tomodachi - とても優しい友達 |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Japanese.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Japanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Japanese Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | iro - 色 |
| black | kuroi - 黒い |
| blue | aoi - 青い |
| brown | chairo no - 茶色の |
| gray | haiiro no - 灰色 の |
| green | midori no - 緑の |
| orange | orenji iro no - オレンジ色の |
| purple | murasaki no - 紫の |
| red | akai - 赤い |
| white | shiroi - 白い |
| yellow | kiiroi - 黄色い |
| sizes | ookisa - 大きさ |
| big | ookii - 大きい |
| deep | fukai - 深い |
| long | nagai - 長い |
| narrow | semai - 狭い |
| short | mijikai - 短い |
| small | chiisai - 小さい |
| tall | takai - 高い |
| thick | atsui - 厚い |
| thin | usui - 薄い |
| wide | hiroi - 広い |
| shapes | keijou - 形状 |
| circular | marui - 丸い |
| straight | massugu na - まっすぐな |
| square | shikakui - 四角い |
| triangular | sankaku no - 三角の |
| tastes | aji - 味 |
| bitter | nigai - 苦い |
| fresh | shioke no nai - 塩気のない |
| salty | shiokarai - 塩辛い |
| sour | suppai - 酸っぱい |
| spicy | karai - 辛い |
| sweet | amai - 甘い |
| qualities | seishitsu - 性質 |
| bad | warui - 悪い |
| clean | kirei - きれい |
| dark | kurai - 暗い |
| difficult | muzukashii - 難しい |
| dirty | kitanai - 汚い |
| dry | kawai ta - 乾いた |
| easy | kantan na - 簡単な |
| empty | kara no - 空の |
| expensive | kouka na - 高価な |
| fast | hayai - 速い |
| foreign | gaikoku no - 外国の |
| full | ippai no - いっぱいの |
| good | yoi - 良い |
| hard | katai - 固い |
| heavy | omoi - 重い |
| inexpensive | yasui - 安い |
| light | karui - 軽い |
| local | roukaru - ローカル |
| new | atarashii - 新しい |
| noisy | urusai - うるさい |
| old | furui - 古い |
| powerful | kyouryoku na - 強力な |
| quiet | shizuka na - 静かな |
| correct | tadashii - 正しい |
| slow | osoi - 遅い |
| soft | yawarakai - 柔らかい |
| very | totemo - とても |
| weak | yowai - 弱い |
| wet | shimetta - 湿った |
| wrong | machigatta - 間違った |
| young | wakai - 若い |
| quantities | suuryou - 数量 |
| few | shousuu no - 少数の |
| little | sukoshi no - 少しの |
| many | tasuu no - たすうの |
| much | takusan no - たくさんの |
| part | ichibu - 一部 |
| some | ikutsu ka no - いくつかの |
| a few | shousuu no - 少数の |
| whole | zenbu no - 全部の |
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