JLPT N3 · な-adjective

可能 (kanou)

可能 (かのう, kanou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “possible; potential”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かのう
Romaji
kanou
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. possible; potential; practicable; feasible · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

男の子へのしつけは可能である。
Boys can be trained to behave.

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

Conjugation of 可能

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)可能だかのうだ kanouda
Present (polite)可能ですかのうです kanoudesu
Negative可能じゃないかのうじゃない kanoujanai
Past可能だったかのうだった kanoudatta
Negative past可能じゃなかったかのうじゃなかった kanoujanakatta
Te-form可能でかのうで kanoude
Before a noun可能なかのうな kanouna
Adverb (~ni)可能にかのうに kanouni

Kanji in 可能

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 可能.

Source: JMdict entry 1191060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.