I Love Kanjiしぶとい (shibutoi)
しぶとい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “tenacious; tough”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- しぶとい
- Romaji
- shibutoi
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong · い-adjective
Example sentences
彼は結構しぶといね。転んでもただでは起きぬ、いい根性しているよ。
He's a tenacious guy who always manages to come out on top. He's the kind of guy who can turn any situation to his advantage.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of しぶとい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | しぶとい | しぶとい shibutoi |
| Negative | しぶとくない | しぶとくない shibutokunai |
| Past | しぶとかった | しぶとかった shibutokatta |
| Negative past | しぶとくなかった | しぶとくなかった shibutokunakatta |
| Te-form | しぶとくて | しぶとくて shibutokute |
| Adverb (~ku) | しぶとく | しぶとく shibutoku |
| Conditional (~ba) | しぶとければ | しぶとければ shibutokereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1005590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.