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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 若い - young - wakai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    若い

    Reading

    わかい
    wakai

    Meaning

    is young

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    若くない

    Reading

    わかくない
    wakakunai

    Meaning

    is not young

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    若いです

    Reading

    わかいです
    wakaidesu

    Meaning

    is young

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    若くありません

    Reading

    わかくありません
    wakakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not young

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    若かった

    Reading

    わかかった
    wakakatta

    Meaning

    was young

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    若くなかった

    Reading

    わかくなかった
    wakakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not young

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    若かったです

    Reading

    わかかったです
    wakakattadesu

    Meaning

    was young

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    若くありませんでした

    Reading

    わかくありませんでした
    wakakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not young

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    若くて

    Reading

    わかくて
    wakakute

    Meaning

    is young, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    若くなくて

    Reading

    わかくなくて
    wakakunakute

    Meaning

    is not young, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    若いだろう

    Reading

    わかいだろう
    wakaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be young

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    若くないだろう

    Reading

    わかくないだろう
    wakakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be young

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    若いでしょう

    Reading

    わかいでしょう
    wakaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be young

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    若くないでしょう

    Reading

    わかくないでしょう
    wakakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be young

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    若く

    Reading

    わかく
    wakaku

    Meaning

    in a young way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    若ければ

    Reading

    わかければ
    wakakereba

    Meaning

    if it is young

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    若くなければ

    Reading

    わかくなければ
    wakakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not young

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    若かったら

    Reading

    わかかったら
    wakakattara

    Meaning

    if it was young

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    若くなかったら

    Reading

    わかくなかったら
    wakakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not young

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    若さ

    Reading

    わかさ
    wakasa

    Meaning

    young-ness (or the quality of being young)

Word Detail

    word

    若い

    Meaning

    Young

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    若

    Meaning

    Young

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