I Love Kanjiすみやか (sumiyaka)
すみやか is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “quick; speedy”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- すみやか
- Romaji
- sumiyaka
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift · な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of すみやか
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | すみやかだ | すみやかだ sumiyakada |
| Present (polite) | すみやかです | すみやかです sumiyakadesu |
| Negative | すみやかじゃない | すみやかじゃない sumiyakajanai |
| Past | すみやかだった | すみやかだった sumiyakadatta |
| Negative past | すみやかじゃなかった | すみやかじゃなかった sumiyakajanakatta |
| Te-form | すみやかで | すみやかで sumiyakade |
| Before a noun | すみやかな | すみやかな sumiyakana |
| Adverb (~ni) | すみやかに | すみやかに sumiyakani |
Source: JMdict entry 1405000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.