List: adjective (keiyoushi)
Adjectives finishing in い before they modify a noun.
idiomatic expression expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- having a habit of stealing things, being light-fingered
expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- working one's employees hard, being a slave-driver
expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- good at fighting, usually wins a fight
usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic) Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- small, little
い adjective adjective (generic)
- unbearable, intolerable, insufferable
rare term い adjective adjective (generic)
- quick, nimble, agile
colloquial い adjective adjective (generic)
- strict, formal, strait-laced, stuffy, prudish, serious
expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- natural, understandable, reasonable, no wonder
children's language colloquial い adjective adjective (generic)
- smelly, stinky
search-only kana form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- old-maidish (esp. of fashion), old-womanish