Japanese i-adjective
karai — hot, spicy 辛い
Explore the principal positive, negative, past, non-past and conditional forms of this Japanese adjective.
How i-adjectives conjugate
The final い changes to create negative, past and connecting forms. The adjective itself carries this grammatical information, so a separate verb is not required in the plain forms.
Conjugation table
The English glosses are approximate; the natural translation depends on the surrounding sentence.
| Form | Style | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (non-past) | Plain | is hot, spicy karai 辛い | is not hot, spicy karakunai 辛くない |
| Polite | karai desu 辛いです | karakunai desu 辛くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was hot, spicy karakatta 辛かった | was not hot, spicy karakunakatta 辛くなかった |
| Polite | karakatta desu 辛かったです | karakunakatta desu 辛くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be hot, spicy karai darō 辛いだろう | karakunai darō 辛くないだろう |
| Polite | karai deshō 辛いでしょう | karakunai deshō 辛くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is hot, spicy karakereba 辛ければ | if it is not hot, spicy karakunakereba 辛くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | karakute 辛くて | karakunakute 辛くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.