I Love Kanji上手 (jouzu)
上手 (じょうず, jouzu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “skillful; skilled”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- じょうず
- Romaji
- jouzu
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept · な-adjective, noun
- flattery · noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 上手
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 上手だ | じょうずだ jouzuda |
| Present (polite) | 上手です | じょうずです jouzudesu |
| Negative | 上手じゃない | じょうずじゃない jouzujanai |
| Past | 上手だった | じょうずだった jouzudatta |
| Negative past | 上手じゃなかった | じょうずじゃなかった jouzujanakatta |
| Te-form | 上手で | じょうずで jouzude |
| Before a noun | 上手な | じょうずな jouzuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 上手に | じょうずに jouzuni |
Kanji in 上手
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 上手.
上うえabove上着うわぎcoat上げるあげるto raise屋上おくじょうrooftop以上いじょうnot less than ...上がるあがるto rise申し上げるもうしあげるto say差し上げるさしあげるto lift up召し上がるめしあがるto eat上じょうfrom the standpoint of上かみupper reaches (of a river)上京じょうきょうgoing (up) to the capital上達じょうたつimprovement (e.g. in skill, ability)上等じょうとうsuperior
Source: JMdict entry 1353320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.