I Love Kanji偶 (tama)
偶 (たま, tama) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “occasional; infrequent”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- たま
- Romaji
- tama
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- occasional; infrequent; rare · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun · usually written in kana
Example sentences
友理子はたまの逢瀬を心行くまで楽しんでしまいました。
Yuriko thoroughly enjoyed her occasional secret meetings with her lover.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 偶
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 偶だ | たまだ tamada |
| Present (polite) | 偶です | たまです tamadesu |
| Negative | 偶じゃない | たまじゃない tamajanai |
| Past | 偶だった | たまだった tamadatta |
| Negative past | 偶じゃなかった | たまじゃなかった tamajanakatta |
| Te-form | 偶で | たまで tamade |
| Before a noun | 偶な | たまな tamana |
| Adverb (~ni) | 偶に | たまに tamani |
Kanji in 偶
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 偶.
Source: JMdict entry 2068840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.