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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 甘い - sweet, lenient - amai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    甘い

    Reading

    あまい
    amai

    Meaning

    is sweet

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くない

    Reading

    あまくない
    amakunai

    Meaning

    is not sweet

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    甘いです

    Reading

    あまいです
    amaidesu

    Meaning

    is sweet

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くありません

    Reading

    あまくありません
    amakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not sweet

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    甘かった

    Reading

    あまかった
    amakatta

    Meaning

    was sweet

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くなかった

    Reading

    あまくなかった
    amakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not sweet

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    甘かったです

    Reading

    あまかったです
    amakattadesu

    Meaning

    was sweet

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くありませんでした

    Reading

    あまくありませんでした
    amakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not sweet

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    甘くて

    Reading

    あまくて
    amakute

    Meaning

    is sweet, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くなくて

    Reading

    あまくなくて
    amakunakute

    Meaning

    is not sweet, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    甘いだろう

    Reading

    あまいだろう
    amaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be sweet

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くないだろう

    Reading

    あまくないだろう
    amakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be sweet

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    甘いでしょう

    Reading

    あまいでしょう
    amaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be sweet

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くないでしょう

    Reading

    あまくないでしょう
    amakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be sweet

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    甘く

    Reading

    あまく
    amaku

    Meaning

    in a sweet way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    甘ければ

    Reading

    あまければ
    amakereba

    Meaning

    if it is sweet

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くなければ

    Reading

    あまくなければ
    amakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not sweet

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    甘かったら

    Reading

    あまかったら
    amakattara

    Meaning

    if it was sweet

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    甘くなかったら

    Reading

    あまくなかったら
    amakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not sweet

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    甘さ

    Reading

    あまさ
    amasa

    Meaning

    sweet-ness (or the quality of being sweet)

Word Detail

    word

    甘い

    Meaning

    Sweet, Lenient

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    甘

    Meaning

    Sweet

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