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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 苦い - bitter - nigai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦い

    Reading

    にがい
    nigai

    Meaning

    is bitter

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くない

    Reading

    にがくない
    nigakunai

    Meaning

    is not bitter

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    苦いです

    Reading

    にがいです
    nigaidesu

    Meaning

    is bitter

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くありません

    Reading

    にがくありません
    nigakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not bitter

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦かった

    Reading

    にがかった
    nigakatta

    Meaning

    was bitter

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くなかった

    Reading

    にがくなかった
    nigakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not bitter

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    苦かったです

    Reading

    にがかったです
    nigakattadesu

    Meaning

    was bitter

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くありませんでした

    Reading

    にがくありませんでした
    nigakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not bitter

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦くて

    Reading

    にがくて
    nigakute

    Meaning

    is bitter, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くなくて

    Reading

    にがくなくて
    nigakunakute

    Meaning

    is not bitter, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦いだろう

    Reading

    にがいだろう
    nigaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be bitter

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くないだろう

    Reading

    にがくないだろう
    nigakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be bitter

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    苦いでしょう

    Reading

    にがいでしょう
    nigaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be bitter

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くないでしょう

    Reading

    にがくないでしょう
    nigakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be bitter

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦く

    Reading

    にがく
    nigaku

    Meaning

    in a bitter way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦ければ

    Reading

    にがければ
    nigakereba

    Meaning

    if it is bitter

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くなければ

    Reading

    にがくなければ
    nigakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not bitter

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦かったら

    Reading

    にがかったら
    nigakattara

    Meaning

    if it was bitter

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    苦くなかったら

    Reading

    にがくなかったら
    nigakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not bitter

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    苦さ

    Reading

    にがさ
    nigasa

    Meaning

    bitter-ness (or the quality of being bitter)

Word Detail

    word

    苦い

    Meaning

    Bitter

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    苦

    Meaning

    Suffer

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