Japanese Adjective Master List for High School-level Japanese

This product is a resource for both teachers and students for learning the present, negative, past, and past negative forms of Japanese adjectives within a high school-level curriculum. It contains the Kanji, Hiragana readings, and English translations. These adjectives are from First Year to Fourth Year Japanese. While this focuses on high school level, of course this can be used for Japanese classes for Junior High School levels or even University. Listed are levels that teachers can based their adjective introduction on.

List of Adjectives

大きい (big)

小さい (small)

熱い (hot)

寒い (cold)

高い (tall/expensive)

短い (short)

長い　(long)

深い (deep)

悪い (bad)

良い (good)

楽しい (fun)

面白い (interesting)

赤い (red)

青い (blue)

黄色い (yellow)

白い　(white)

黒い (black)

新しい (new)

怖い (scary)

可愛い (cute)
美味しい (delicious)

うまい (yummy/talented)

酸っぱい (sour)

甘い (sweet)

辛い (spicy)

苦い (bitter)

しょっぱい (salty)

不味い (awful (bad tasting))

強い (strong)

弱い (weak)

若い (young)

懐かしい (nolstalgic)

遠い (Far)

近い (Close)

明るい (Birght/Light)

暗い (Dark)

冷たい (Cold (tasting))

涼しい (Cool

暖かい (Warm)

固い (Hard)

柔らかい (Sodt/Fluffy)

難しい (Difficult)

怠い (Dull/Boring)

珍しい (Unique/rare)

忙しい (busy)

かっこいい (cool)

危ない (dangerous)

痛い (painful)

重い (Heavy)

軽い (Light (weight))

安い (Cheap)

汚い (Dirty/Gross)

すごい (Awesome/Great)

優しい (Nice/Gentle/Kind)

酷い (Mean)

嬉しい (Happy/Glad)

悲しい (Sad)

眠い (Sleep)

煩い (Noisy)

素晴らしい (Strange/Perculiar)

便利 (Convenient)

元気 (Energetic/Good)

変 (Strange/Odd)

大変 (Bad/Problematic)

静か (Quiet)

緑 (Green)

紫 (Purple)

オレンジ (Orange)

ピンク (Pink)

カルフール (Colorful)

綺麗 (Pretty/Clean/Beautiful)

好き (Liked)

大好き (Loved)

嫌い (Hated)

大嫌い (Most hated)

真面目 (Serious)

素敵 (Gorgerous)

有目 (Famous)

暇 (Free/Available)

簡単 (Easy/Simple)

伝統的 (Traditional)