I Love Kanjiかなり (kanari)
かなり is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “considerably; fairly”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かなり
- Romaji
- kanari
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty · adverb, noun taking の, な-adjective · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of かなり
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | かなりだ | かなりだ kanarida |
| Present (polite) | かなりです | かなりです kanaridesu |
| Negative | かなりじゃない | かなりじゃない kanarijanai |
| Past | かなりだった | かなりだった kanaridatta |
| Negative past | かなりじゃなかった | かなりじゃなかった kanarijanakatta |
| Te-form | かなりで | かなりで kanaride |
| Before a noun | かなりな | かなりな kanarina |
| Adverb (~ni) | かなりに | かなりに kanarini |
Source: JMdict entry 1590560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.