I Love Kanji単調 (tanchou)
単調 (たんちょう, tanchou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “monotony; monotone”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たんちょう
- Romaji
- tanchou
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- monotony; monotone; dullness · な-adjective, noun
- monotone; monotonic · noun, な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 単調
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 単調だ | たんちょうだ tanchouda |
| Present (polite) | 単調です | たんちょうです tanchoudesu |
| Negative | 単調じゃない | たんちょうじゃない tanchoujanai |
| Past | 単調だった | たんちょうだった tanchoudatta |
| Negative past | 単調じゃなかった | たんちょうじゃなかった tanchoujanakatta |
| Te-form | 単調で | たんちょうで tanchoude |
| Before a noun | 単調な | たんちょうな tanchouna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 単調に | たんちょうに tanchouni |
Kanji in 単調
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 単調.
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Source: JMdict entry 1417760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.