List of Japanese Verbal Adjectives

Some Japanese adjectives behave just like verbs: they have stems and can be conjugated!

Romaji	Kanji	Kana	English
abunai	危ない	あぶない	dangerous	Conjugate	Example sentences
akai	赤い	あかい	red	Conjugate	Example sentences
akarui	明るい	あかるい	bright	Conjugate	Example sentences
amai	甘い	あまい	sweet	Conjugate	Example sentences
aoi	青い	あおい	blue	Conjugate	Example sentences
atarashii	新しい	あたらしい	new	Conjugate	Example sentences
atatakai	温かい	あたたかい	warm	Conjugate	Example sentences
atsui	暑い	あつい	hot	Conjugate	Example sentences
chiisai	小さい	ちいさい	small	Conjugate	Example sentences
chiisai	小さい	ちいさい	small	Conjugate	Example sentences
chikai	近い	ちかい	near, close	Conjugate	Example sentences
fukai	深い	ふかい	deep	Conjugate	Example sentences
furui	古い	ふるい	old	Conjugate	Example sentences
futoi	太い	ふとい	thick - fat	Conjugate	Example sentences
hayai	速い	はやい	fast	Conjugate	Example sentences
hayai	早い	はやい	early	Conjugate	Example sentences
hidoi	酷い	ひどい	awful	Conjugate	Example sentences
hikui	低い	ひくい	low	Conjugate	Example sentences
hiroi	広い	ひろい	wide	Conjugate	Example sentences
hosoi	細い	ほそい	thin - fine	Conjugate	Example sentences
isogashii	忙しい	いそがしい	busy	Conjugate	Example sentences
itai	痛い	いたい	painful	Conjugate	Example sentences
karai	辛い	からい	hot, spicy	Conjugate	Example sentences
karui	軽い	かるい	light (not heavy)	Conjugate	Example sentences
kawaii	可愛い	かわいい	cute, pretty	Conjugate	Example sentences
kibishii	厳しい	きびしい	strict	Conjugate	Example sentences
kiiroi	黄色い	きいろい	yellow	Conjugate	Example sentences
kitanai	汚い	きたない	dirty	Conjugate	Example sentences
kowai	怖い	こわい	frightening	Conjugate	Example sentences
kurai	暗い	くらい	dark	Conjugate	Example sentences
kuroi	黒い	くろい	black	Conjugate	Example sentences
marui	丸い	まるい	round	Conjugate	Example sentences
mazui	不味い	まずい	bad tasting	Conjugate	Example sentences
mezurashii	珍しい	めずらしい	rare	Conjugate	Example sentences
mijikai	短い	みじかい	short	Conjugate	Example sentences
muzukashii	難しい	むずかしい	difficult	Conjugate	Example sentences
nagai	長い	ながい	long	Conjugate	Example sentences
nemui	眠い	ねむい	sleepy	Conjugate	Example sentences
nigai	苦い	にがい	bitter	Conjugate	Example sentences
oishii	美味しい	おいしい	delicious	Conjugate	Example sentences
omoi	重い	おもい	heavy	Conjugate	Example sentences
omoshiroi	面白い	おもしろい	interesting - funny	Conjugate	Example sentences
ookii	大きい	おおきい	big	Conjugate	Example sentences
osoi	遅い	おそい	late, slow	Conjugate	Example sentences
sabishii	寂しい	さびしい	lonely	Conjugate	Example sentences
samui	寒い	さむい	cold	Conjugate	Example sentences
semai	狭い	せまい	narrow	Conjugate	Example sentences
shiroi	白い	しろい	white	Conjugate	Example sentences
subarashii	素晴らしい	すばらしい	wonderful	Conjugate	Example sentences
sugoi	凄い	すごい	terrific	Conjugate	Example sentences
suzushii	涼しい	すずしい	cool	Conjugate	Example sentences
tadashii	正しい	ただしい	correct	Conjugate	Example sentences
takai	高い	たかい	expensive, high, tall	Conjugate	Example sentences
tanoshii	楽しい	たのしい	enjoyable, fun	Conjugate	Example sentences
tsumaranai	詰らない	つまらない	uninteresting	Conjugate	Example sentences
tsumetai	冷たたい	つめたい	cold	Conjugate	Example sentences
tsuyoi	強い	つよい	strong	Conjugate	Example sentences
usui	薄い	うすい	thin	Conjugate	Example sentences
wakai	若い	わかい	young	Conjugate	Example sentences
yasashii	優しい	やさしい	gentle	Conjugate	Example sentences
yasui	安い	やすい	cheap	Conjugate	Example sentences
yawarakai	柔らかい	やわらかい	tender - soft	Conjugate	Example sentences

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