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How to say 'Very' in Japanese | 非常に

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The Japanese word for Very is 'Hijouni', written as 非常に in Japanese.'Very' in hiragana is ひじょうに.

    word

    非常に

    Meaning

    Very

    Reading

    ひじょうに

    hijouni

    Kanji

    非Mistake, Negative 常Usual, Normal

    Explanation

    The Japanese adverb '非常に (ひじょうに)' means 'very' or 'extremely'. It is used to emphasize the degree or intensity of something. This word is formal and is often used in written language or formal speech. For example: This is very important「これは非常に重要です」(これはひじょうにじゅうようです). The weather is extremely hot today「今日は非常に暑いです」(きょうはひじょうにあついです). It can also be used to describe emotions or states, such as '非常に嬉しい (ひじょうにうれしい)' (very happy). Note that '非常に' is more formal than other similar adverbs like 'とても' or 'すごく'.

    Part Of Speech

    adverb

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    5

    Frequency

    1422

    Composition

    kanji-hiragana

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 非常に

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    非

    Meaning

    Mistake, Negative

  • kanji

    常

    Meaning

    Usual, Normal

Hiragana in the Word 非常に

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

  • hiragana

    に

    Reading

    Ni

Words Related to 非常に Through the Kanji 非

These 6 Words contain the Kanji 非 as well.

  • word

    非常

    Meaning

    Emergency

  • word

    非

    Meaning

    Non

  • word

    是非

    Meaning

    Certainly

  • word

    非難

    Meaning

    Blame, Criticism

  • word

    非常識

    Meaning

    Unreasonable

  • word

    非常口

    Meaning

    Emergency exit

Words Related to 非常に Through the Kanji 常

These 10 Words contain the Kanji 常 as well.

  • word

    非常

    Meaning

    Emergency

  • word

    常

    Meaning

    Usual

  • word

    通常

    Meaning

    Usual, Normal

  • word

    日常

    Meaning

    Daily

  • word

    常識

    Meaning

    Commonsense

  • word

    異常

    Meaning

    Abnormal

  • word

    正常

    Meaning

    Normal

  • word

    常に

    Meaning

    Always

  • word

    非常識

    Meaning

    Unreasonable

  • word

    非常口

    Meaning

    Emergency exit

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'Hijouni' means 'Very' .

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