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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 明るい - bright, cheerful - akarui

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明るい

    Reading

    あかるい
    akarui

    Meaning

    is bright

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくない

    Reading

    あかるくない
    akarukunai

    Meaning

    is not bright

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明るいです

    Reading

    あかるいです
    akaruidesu

    Meaning

    is bright

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくありません

    Reading

    あかるくありません
    akarukuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not bright

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明るかった

    Reading

    あかるかった
    akarukatta

    Meaning

    was bright

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくなかった

    Reading

    あかるくなかった
    akarukunakatta

    Meaning

    was not bright

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明るかったです

    Reading

    あかるかったです
    akarukattadesu

    Meaning

    was bright

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくありませんでした

    Reading

    あかるくありませんでした
    akarukuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not bright

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明るくて

    Reading

    あかるくて
    akarukute

    Meaning

    is bright, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくなくて

    Reading

    あかるくなくて
    akarukunakute

    Meaning

    is not bright, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明るいだろう

    Reading

    あかるいだろう
    akaruidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be bright

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくないだろう

    Reading

    あかるくないだろう
    akarukunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be bright

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明るいでしょう

    Reading

    あかるいでしょう
    akaruideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be bright

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくないでしょう

    Reading

    あかるくないでしょう
    akarukunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be bright

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明るく

    Reading

    あかるく
    akaruku

    Meaning

    in a bright way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明るければ

    Reading

    あかるければ
    akarukereba

    Meaning

    if it is bright

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくなければ

    Reading

    あかるくなければ
    akarukunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not bright

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明るかったら

    Reading

    あかるかったら
    akarukattara

    Meaning

    if it was bright

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明るくなかったら

    Reading

    あかるくなかったら
    akarukunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not bright

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明るさ

    Reading

    あかるさ
    akarusa

    Meaning

    bright-ness (or the quality of being bright)

Word Detail

    word

    明るい

    Meaning

    Bright, Cheerful

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    明

    Meaning

    Bright

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