List: adjective (keiyoushi)
Adjectives finishing in い before they modify a noun.
popular search-only kanji form い adjective adjective (generic)
- unavoidable, inevitable, beyond one's control
popular JLPT N4 い adjective adjective (generic)
- small
- fine, minute
- minor, trivial
- sensitive, attentive
- careful, frugal, stingy
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N5 い adjective adjective (generic)
- light, bright, well-lit, well-lighted
- bright (colour)
- cheerful, bright, spirited, sunny (e.g. disposition)
- bright (future, prospects, etc.), rosy, encouraging, promising
- knowledgeable (about), familiar (with), well versed (in), well acquainted (with)
- fair (e.g. politics), clean, impartial
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 い adjective adjective (generic)
- sharp (knife, claws, etc.), pointed
- sharp (pain, tone, etc.), acute, stabbing, cutting (remark, criticism, etc.), stinging, biting, fierce (attack), pointed (question, look, etc.), piercing (gaze), shrill (sound)
- keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.), acute, sharp (eye, mind, etc.), astute, shrewd, discerning, penetrating (insight, question, etc.), perceptive
popular JLPT N4 い adjective adjective (generic)
- bitter
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- nice, likeable, desirable
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- quick, swift, nimble, agile
- quick (understanding, judgement, etc.), alert, prompt
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- not be found
popular expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- certain, sure, no doubt
- reliable, dependable
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- lovely, dear, beloved, darling, dearest
- pitiable, pitiful