JLPT N4 · な-adjective

丁寧 (teinei)

丁寧 (ていねい, teinei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “polite; courteous”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ていねい
Romaji: teinei
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

polite; courteous; civil · な-adjective, noun
careful; close; thorough; conscientious · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

漢字を書くときは点やはらいに気をつけて、なるべく早くていねいに書きましょう。

When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.

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

Conjugation of 丁寧

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	丁寧だ	ていねいだ teineida
Present (polite)	丁寧です	ていねいです teineidesu
Negative	丁寧じゃない	ていねいじゃない teineijanai
Past	丁寧だった	ていねいだった teineidatta
Negative past	丁寧じゃなかった	ていねいじゃなかった teineijanakatta
Te-form	丁寧で	ていねいで teineide
Before a noun	丁寧な	ていねいな teineina
Adverb (~ni)	丁寧に	ていねいに teineini

Kanji in 丁寧

丁

street, ward, townチョウ・テイ・ひのと · 2 strokes

寧

rather, preferably, peacefulネイ・むし.ろ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 丁寧.

丁度ちょうどexactly丁目ちょうめnth district of a town包丁ほうちょうkitchen knife寧ろむしろrather

Source: JMdict entry 1427360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.