Japanese i adjective negative form

Japanese has two types of adjective. There is a way to express negative form of these adjectives. On this session we will learn how to express negative form of i adjectives in Japanese language.

To make i adjective negative form:

Replace い (i) with くない (kunai) at the end of the word.

Lets see some common i adjectives with negative form.

i adjective: おおきい (ookii) – 大きい – big
Negative: おおき くない。
Meaning: not big.

i adjective: ちいさい (chisai) – 小さい – small/short
Negative: ちいさ くない。
Meaning: not small/short.

i adjective: ひくい (hikui) – 低い – low
Negative: ひく くない。
Meaning: not low.

i adjective: ながい (nagai) – 長い – long
Negative: なが くない。
Meaning: not long.

i adjective: みじかい (mijikai) – 短い – short
Negative: みじか くない。
Meaning: not short.

i adjective: たかい (takai) – 高い – high (building/mountain)
Negative: たか くない。
Meaning: not high (building/mountain).

i adjective: たかい (takai) – 高い – expensive
Negative: たか くない。
Meaning: not expensive.

i adjective: やすい (yasui) – 安い – cheap
Negative: やす くない。
Meaning: not cheap.

i adjective: おもい (omoi) – 重い – heavy
Negative: おも くない。
Meaning: not heavy.

i adjective: かるい (karui) – 軽い – light (weight)
Negative: かる くない。
Meaning: not light (weight).

i adjective: おいしい (oishii) – 美味しい – delicious
Negative: おいし くない。
Meaning: not delicious.

i adjective: まずい (mazui) – 不味い – unpleasant/bad
Negative: まず くない。
Meaning: not unpleasant/bad.

i adjective: あたらしい (atarashii) – 新しい – new
Negative: あたらし くない。
Meaning: not new.

i adjective: ふるい (furui) – 古い – old
Negative: ふる くない。
Meaning: not old.

i adjective: あまい (amai) – 甘い – sweet
Negative: あま くない。
Meaning: not sweet.

i adjective: からい (karai) – 辛い – spicy
Negative: から くない。
Meaning: not spicy.

i adjective: ちかい (chikai) – 近い – near
Negative: ちか くない。
Meaning: not near.

i adjective: とおい (tooi) – 遠い – far
Negative: とお くない。
Meaning: not far.

i adjective: はやい (hayai) – 速い – fast
Negative: はや くない。
Meaning: not fast.

i adjective: おそい (osoi) – 遅い – slow/late
Negative: おそ くない。
Meaning: not slow/late.

i adjective: むずかしい (muzukashii) – 難しい – difficult
Negative: むずかし くない。
Meaning: not difficult.

i adjective: あつい (atsui) – 暑い – hot (weather)
Negative: あつ くない。
Meaning: not hot (weather).

i adjective: さむい (samui) – 寒い – cold (weather)
Negative: さむ くない。
Meaning: not cold (weather).

i adjective: あたたかい (atatakai) – 暖かい – warm
Negative: あたたか くない。
Meaning: not warm.

i adjective: すずし​い (suzushii) – 涼しい – cool
Negative: すずし​ くない。
Meaning: not cool.

i adjective: おもしろい (omoshiroi) – 面白い – funny/interesting
Negative: おもしろ くない。
Meaning: not funny/interesting.

i adjective: つまらない (tsumaranai) – 詰らない – boring
Negative: つまらな くない。
Meaning: not boring.

i adjective: いい (ii) – N/A – good
Negative: よ くない。
Meaning: not good.

i adjective: わるい (warui) – 悪い – bad
Negative: わる くない。
Meaning: not bad.

i adjective: いそがしい (isogashii) – 忙しい – busy
Negative: いそがし くない。
Meaning: not busy.

i adjective: きたない (kitanai) – 汚い – dirty
Negative: きたな くない。
Meaning: not dirty.

i adjective: かわいい (kawaii) – 可愛い – cute
Negative: かわい くない。
Meaning: not cute.

Note that, いい (ii) i adjective negative is よくない (yokunai). This is i adjective negative form exception/special rule. Hope now you have understood negative form of i adjectives in Japanese language. Remember the rules and try to use them when you have the opportunity.

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