JLPT 4: Top 50 Adjectives Worksheet

JLPT 4: Top 50 Adjectives

So it’s only days away from the 2009 JLPT test and if you don’t know a good number of these i-adjectives by now, you’ll either need a case of RedBull to pull a few all-nighters or just resign yourself to guessing your way through the multiple choice questions.

Having said that, it’s never too late so I have prepared a quick Top 50 Adjectives list that should cover any questions of the i-adjectival nature that you’ll come across in a JLPT 4 test.

If you’re not sure of how the whole i-adjectives and na-adjectives thing works, I suggest taking a look at www.timwerx.net or Tae Kim’s Guide To Learning Japanese, who both explain it far better than I ever will.

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JLPT 4: Top 50 Adjectives

Hiragana Kanji Meaning
あおい 青い blue
あかい 赤い red
あかるい 明るい bright, cheerful
あたたかい 暖かい warm, mild
あたらしい 新しい new
あつい 暑い hot, warm
あつい 熱い hot (thing)
あつい 厚い kind, warm (hearted), thick, deep
あぶない 危ない dangerous, critical, watch out
いい Kana Only good
いそがしい 忙しい busy, irritated
いたい 痛い painful
うすい 薄い thin, weak
おいしい Kana Only delicious, tasty
おおい 多い many
おおきい 大きい big
おそい 遅い late, slow
おもい 重い heavy
かわいい Kana Only cute, charming
きいろい 黄色い yellow
きたない 汚い dirty, messy
くらい 暗い dark, gloomy
くろい 黒い black
さむい 寒い cold (weather)
しろい 白い white
すくない 少ない a few, scarce
すずしい 涼しい cool, refreshing
たかい 高い tall, high
たかい 高い expensive
たのしい 楽しい enjoyable, fun
ちいさい 小さい small, little
つめたい 冷たい cold (to touch)
つよい 強い strong, powerful
とおい 遠い far, distant
ながい 長い long
はやい 早い early
はやい 速い quick, fast
ひくい 低い short, low
ひろい 広い spacious, wide
ふとい 太い fat, thick
ふるい 古い old (not a person), aged, ancient
ほしい 欲しい want, in need of, desire
ほそい 細い thin, slender, fine
まるい 丸い round
みじかい 短い short
むずかしい 難しい difficult
やさしい 易しい easy, plain, simple
やすい 安い cheap, inexpensive
よわい 弱い weak, feable
わかい 若い young

Kana Only: Generally written in kana rather than kanji

Sourced via zonjineko.com, jlptstudy.com, tangorin.com and Jim Breen

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5 FEEDBACKS

  1. valen says:

    LOVE this blog of yours. clicked through an ad i saw on Facebook – had just learned the kanji on the ad the other day, and it seemed like fate. haha. keep up the good work!

  2. zonjineko says:

    Spooky ^_^

    Appreciate the feedback and great to know you found the blog useful. Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions.

  3. Kaxxina says:

    I always thought いい could also be よい (or in kanji 良い) and おいしい could be 美味しい in kanji. Are these learned at higher levels in the JLPT?

  4. zonjineko says:

    They can be written in kanji but there are some words that are almost always written in Kana and おいしい is one of those.

    That’s not something that is JLPT level specific – it’s across the board.

  5. Yosh says:

    Thank you so much for this list! i’m prepping for the new level 5 of JLPT in December and this will be very useful!

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