Without description words (aka adjectives) it is very difficult to carry on a conversation or make any kind of point in Japanese. Adjectives (形容詞- けいようし) allow you to explain your feelings, your mood, size, shape, light, dark, temperature, and a lot more. The more Japanese adjectives you are comfortable with, the easier it will be to convey your thoughts, making your conversations in Japanese much easier.
We have put together a list of nearly 100 Japanese adjectives, including both “i” adjectives and “na” adjectives. Please study these words and get to know them well, as you will hear them very often in everyday speech.
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Update: After reading through this list, you can find the first 10 words used in sentences here: Japanese Adjectives in Sentences Part 1.
Absolutely fantastic!!!Very Helpful.One Question. If shoujikina-honest then honestly-?
Thanks BJ. Honestly would be shoujiki ni (しょうじきに）。
my vocabulary addeds,i can reply whom i can talk to
hontoni kono saito wa totemo ii desu.
tokuni nihongo manabu to shiteiru kata tachi,sugoku yakuni tachimasu.
arigato gozaimasu.
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My family is from Okinawa and our dialect is a bit different but I have been trying to find the meaning to the words (hogaina) and (kabina). I don’t speak the language anymore but I have been going through some letters trying to decipher between Ryukyuan and Japanese. If you could help it would be appreciated.
Hi Tyler!. Going Through some old letters sounds like a fun project. Unfortunately, I don’t know either of those words. I have lived in Miyakojima, a small island of Okinawa for the last year or so, but even the language here is different than that of the main island. It barely even sounds like Japanese. Wish you the best of luck!
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Jaasmin, Thanks for the comments. I am glad the site is helping you learn Japanese.
this is pretty easy ….or should I say rakuna:] thanks
No problem, glad they were helpful.
I want to know how to say unforgiven in Japanese and what the symbols are please?