I Love Kanjiはかない (hakanai)
はかない is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “fleeting; transient”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はかない
- Romaji
- hakanai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- fleeting; transient; short-lived; momentary; ephemeral · い-adjective · usually written in kana
- empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility) · い-adjective · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of はかない
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | はかない | はかない hakanai |
| Negative | はかなくない | はかなくない hakanakunai |
| Past | はかなかった | はかなかった hakanakatta |
| Negative past | はかなくなかった | はかなくなかった hakanakunakatta |
| Te-form | はかなくて | はかなくて hakanakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | はかなく | はかなく hakanaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | はかなければ | はかなければ hakanakereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1600630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.