List: adjective (keiyoushi)
Adjectives finishing in い before they modify a noun.
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air), brisk, bracing, fresh, refreshed
popular search-only kanji form い adjective adjective (generic)
- terrible, dreadful, awful, horrible, ghastly
- tremendous, terrific, enormous, prodigious, stupendous, amazing
- appalling, shocking, staggering, absurd
popular search-only kana form JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic)
- impudent, shameless, brazen, forward, audacious, cheeky
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- precious, valuable, priceless
- noble, exalted, sacred
popular JLPT N1 い adjective adjective (generic)
- tender-hearted, compassionate, charitable, good-hearted
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary, ephemeral, fickle, vain
- empty (dream, etc.), mere (hope), faint (possibility)
popular search-only kana form rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe
- violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme
- very bad, terrible, awful
- excessive, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous, unfair, unjust
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- wasteful, a waste
- too good, more than one deserves, unworthy of
- impious, profane, sacrilegious
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic) interjection
- inexcusable, unjustifiable, unpardonable
- sorry, remorseful, apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite
- excuse me, (I'm) sorry, thank you
popular い adjective adjective (generic)
- attentive, cautious, careful, watchful