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Adjective Types (Day 63) – Japanese from 0 to 100

2026-06-07100-Day Kind Japanese ChallengeKind Japanese

🌏 Japanese from 0 to 100 — Day 63

Adjective Types (形容詞の種類)


🧠 What are Adjective Types?

Japanese adjectives have two types:

👉 い-adjectives
👉 な-adjectives


🔤 Basic Difference

い-adjectives

Word

Meaning

おおきい

big

ちいさい

small

たかい

expensive

やすい

cheap

👉 End with い


な-adjectives

Word

Meaning

きれい

clean / beautiful

しずか

quiet

べんり

convenient

ゆうめい

famous

👉 Need な before noun


🔊 Key Point

• い-adjective → directly before noun
• な-adjective → add な

👉 Important difference


✍️ How to Use

い-adjective

Sentence

Meaning

おおきい いえ

big house

やすい もの

cheap thing


な-adjective

Sentence

Meaning

きれい な いえ

clean house

しずか な へや

quiet room


📝 Example Sentences

  • おおきい。
    = big
  • きれい な へや。
    = clean room

👉 Practice speaking


❌ Common Mistakes

• Forgetting な
• Treating all adjectives the same
• Mixing types

👉 Check the type


📚 Learn Faster

• Group adjectives
• Practice both types
• Say out loud
• Repeat often

👉 Pattern recognition


🎯 Practice

👉 おおきい → noun
👉 きれい → noun

Make 3 phrases


🧪 Mini Quiz

① Choose

No.

Sentence

Answer

1

きれい ___ へや

?

2

おおきい ___ いえ

?

3

しずか ___ へや

?


② Type

No.

Word

Answer

4

おおきい

?

5

きれい

?


③ Fill

No.

Meaning

Answer

6

big house

?

7

clean room

?


📝 Answers

No.

Answer

1

2

(none)

3

4

い-adjective

5

な-adjective

6

おおきい いえ

7

きれい な へや


🚀 Next Step

👉 Day 64: Comparisons