List: adjective (keiyoushi)
Adjectives finishing in い before they modify a noun.
usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- impossible to do
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- there's no (other) way
- cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice, it is what it is
- it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough
- hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
- cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)
rarely used kanji form い adjective adjective (generic)
- seeming (to be), appearing, apparently
い adjective adjective (generic)
- prudent, thoughtful, discreet
い adjective adjective (generic)
- imperfect, incompetent, inadequate, careless
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- unable to compete with, not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem), not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight)
- hard to chew
search-only kanji form expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- having plenty (of something), having all one needs
い adjective adjective (generic)
- unlike, unbecoming, unworthy of, out of keeping with
expression い adjective adjective (generic)
- poor hearing
search-only kanji form い adjective adjective (generic)
- tenacious, persistent, stubborn, vindictive, spiteful, vengeful