You’ve found the Japanese adjectives lesson!
In this lesson we are going to concentrate on learning adjectives. We are not going to worry about whether they are i adjectives or na adjectives (we can worry about that later).
For now, all we are going to do is concentrate on learning a whole swag of adjectives so you can describe things simply.
How will you be able to describe things?
Well, once you have learned some Japanese adjectives, you will be able to use the following sentence structure:
thing wa adjective desu
Simple as that!
So, we can say:
heya wa hiroi desu
The room is big/spacious
Or
jitensha wa chiisai desu
The bicycle is small
Okay let’s get started…
Commonly Used Japanese Adjectives Lesson
Here they are:
itai painful
Association: itai/painful: Imagine someone eats your eye (eat-eye). That would be very painful.
ookii big
chiisai small
hiroi spacious
semai cramped/narrow
samui cold
atsui hot
takai tall/expensive
hikui short/low
yasui cheap/inexpensive
hiroi spacious
warui bad
ii/yoi good
akarui bright/cheerful
oishii tasty/delicious
mazui bad tasting/not delicious
kawaii cute
omoi heavy
ooi many
hayai quick/fast
tanoshii enjoyable/fun
isogashi busy
kitanai dirty
muzukashii difficult
tooi far
kantan easy
chikai near
osoislow/late
Guess what?
That’s it for today.
Remember to make up a mnemonic/association for each of these words and concentrate on it for a minimum of ten seconds. This will help you to remember the words. I have done the first one for you.
Also, practice with the sentence structure I gave you above.
Okay, it’s good-bye from me for today.
Cheers,
David