I Love Kanjiたしか (tashika)
たしか is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “sure; certain”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たしか
- Romaji
- tashika
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- sure; certain; positive; definite · な-adjective
- reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm · な-adjective
- If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly · adverb
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of たしか
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | たしかだ | たしかだ tashikada |
| Present (polite) | たしかです | たしかです tashikadesu |
| Negative | たしかじゃない | たしかじゃない tashikajanai |
| Past | たしかだった | たしかだった tashikadatta |
| Negative past | たしかじゃなかった | たしかじゃなかった tashikajanakatta |
| Te-form | たしかで | たしかで tashikade |
| Before a noun | たしかな | たしかな tashikana |
| Adverb (~ni) | たしかに | たしかに tashikani |
Source: JMdict entry 1596930 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.