JLPT N3 · な-adjective

お洒落 (oshare)

お洒落 (おしゃれ, oshare) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “stylish; fashionable”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おしゃれ
Romaji
oshare
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. stylish; fashionable; trendy; chic; smartly dressed · な-adjective · usually written in kana
  2. dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; dressing nicely; making oneself look attractive · noun, suru verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
  3. fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person · noun · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼女はオシャレだ。
She's fashionable.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of お洒落

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryお洒落するおしゃれする osharesuru
Polite (~masu)お洒落しますおしゃれします oshareshimasu
Negativeお洒落しないおしゃれしない oshareshinai
Polite negativeお洒落しませんおしゃれしません oshareshimasen
Pastお洒落したおしゃれした oshareshita
Polite pastお洒落しましたおしゃれしました oshareshimashita
Negative pastお洒落しなかったおしゃれしなかった oshareshinakatta
Te-formお洒落しておしゃれして oshareshite
Potentialお洒落できるおしゃれできる osharedekiru
Passiveお洒落されるおしゃれされる osharesareru
Causativeお洒落させるおしゃれさせる osharesaseru
Volitionalお洒落しようおしゃれしよう oshareshiyou
Imperativeお洒落しろおしゃれしろ oshareshiro
Conditional (~ba)お洒落すればおしゃれすれば osharesureba

Kanji in お洒落

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お洒落.

Source: JMdict entry 1002770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.