JLPT N1 · い-adjective

すばしこい (subashikoi)

すばしこい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “quick; nimble”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
すばしこい
Romaji
subashikoi
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. quick; nimble; agile · い-adjective
  2. sharp; shrewd; smart; quick-witted · い-adjective

Example sentences

リスはすばしこく木を登る。
Squirrels are nimble in climbing trees.

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

Conjugation of すばしこい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Presentすばしこいすばしこい subashikoi
Negativeすばしこくないすばしこくない subashikokunai
Pastすばしこかったすばしこかった subashikokatta
Negative pastすばしこくなかったすばしこくなかった subashikokunakatta
Te-formすばしこくてすばしこくて subashikokute
Adverb (~ku)すばしこくすばしこく subashikoku
Conditional (~ba)すばしこければすばしこければ subashikokereba

Source: JMdict entry 1006180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.