JLPT N5 · な-adjective

丈夫 (joubu)

丈夫 (じょうぶ, joubu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “healthy; robust”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: じょうぶ
Romaji: joubu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable · な-adjective · sometimes じょうふ

Example sentences

彼は丈夫だったそうです。

He is said to have been strong.

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

Conjugation of 丈夫

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	丈夫だ	じょうぶだ joubuda
Present (polite)	丈夫です	じょうぶです joubudesu
Negative	丈夫じゃない	じょうぶじゃない joubujanai
Past	丈夫だった	じょうぶだった joubudatta
Negative past	丈夫じゃなかった	じょうぶじゃなかった joubujanakatta
Te-form	丈夫で	じょうぶで joubude
Before a noun	丈夫な	じょうぶな joubuna
Adverb (~ni)	丈夫に	じょうぶに joubuni

Kanji in 丈夫

丈

length, ten shaku, measureジョウ・たけ・だけ · 3 strokes

夫

husband, manフ・フウ・おっと・それ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 丈夫.

大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe丈たけheight頑丈がんじょうsolid夫おっとhusband夫婦ふうふmarried couple夫人ふじんwife工夫くふうdevising (a way)夫妻ふさいhusband and wife

Source: JMdict entry 1580480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.