I Love Kanjiあいまい (aimai)
あいまい is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “vague; ambiguous”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あいまい
- Romaji
- aimai
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- vague; ambiguous; unclear · な-adjective, noun
- shady; disreputable · な-adjective, noun
- fuzzy · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of あいまい
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | あいまいだ | あいまいだ aimaida |
| Present (polite) | あいまいです | あいまいです aimaidesu |
| Negative | あいまいじゃない | あいまいじゃない aimaijanai |
| Past | あいまいだった | あいまいだった aimaidatta |
| Negative past | あいまいじゃなかった | あいまいじゃなかった aimaijanakatta |
| Te-form | あいまいで | あいまいで aimaide |
| Before a noun | あいまいな | あいまいな aimaina |
| Adverb (~ni) | あいまいに | あいまいに aimaini |
Source: JMdict entry 1567920 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.