List: adjective (keiyoushi)
Adjectives finishing in い before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N3 い adjective adjective (generic)
- very young, little
- childish, immature
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- dangerous, critical, grave, uncertain, unreliable, dodgy, limping, narrow, close
popular search-only kanji form い adjective adjective (generic)
- serious, grave, dignified, solemn
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- safe, certain
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- relaxed, familiar, easy to access, friendly
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic)
- extreme, excessive, terrible, intense, severe, serious, tremendous, heavy (damage)
popular JLPT N4 い adjective adjective (generic)
- shallow, superficial
- slight (wound), light (sleep), pale (colour), inadequate (knowledge)
- short (time), early, young
popular usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic) auxiliary adjective
- nonexistent, not being (there)
- unowned, not had, unpossessed
- unique
- not, impossible, won't happen
- not
- to not be, to have not
popular JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic)
- brave, valiant, gallant, courageous
- stirring, vigorous, rousing