List: adjective (keiyoushi)
Adjectives finishing in い before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic)
- careless, thoughtless, hasty, rash
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic) slang
- sluggish, languid, listless, heavy (heart, legs, etc.), dull
- bothersome, tiresome, pain-in-the-ass
popular search-only kana form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- dull, uninteresting, boring, tedious
- insignificant, unimportant, trifling, trivial, worthless
- absurd, foolish, silly, stupid
- useless, pointless, disappointing
popular search-only kana form JLPT N1 colloquial い adjective adjective (generic)
- huge, big, gargantuan
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- complicated, complex, intricate, confusing, difficult, troublesome
popular い adjective adjective (generic) auxiliary adjective suffix
- seeming ..., appearing ...
- -ish, like a ..., typical of ..., appropriate for ..., becoming of ..., worthy of the name ...
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- cunning, crafty, wily, sly
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- cheap-looking, tawdry, insignificant
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic) usually written using kana alone suffix
- easy
- likely to ..., have a tendency to ...
- easy to ...
popular JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic)
- smoky