JLPT N5 · な-adjective

同じ (onaji)

同じ (おなじ, onaji) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “same; identical”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おなじ
Romaji: onaji
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

same; identical; equal; alike; equivalent · pre-noun, な-adjective
anyway; in any case; if one must ...; if one has to ...; as long as ... · adverb · as 同じ...なら

Example sentences

ジャズが使う音符は、バッハが使ったのと同じだ

Jazz uses the same notes that Bach used.

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

Conjugation of 同じ

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	同じだ	おなじだ onajida
Present (polite)	同じです	おなじです onajidesu
Negative	同じじゃない	おなじじゃない onajijanai
Past	同じだった	おなじだった onajidatta
Negative past	同じじゃなかった	おなじじゃなかった onajijanakatta
Te-form	同じで	おなじで onajide
Before a noun	同じな	おなじな onajina
Adverb (~ni)	同じに	おなじに onajini

Kanji in 同じ

同

same, agree, equalドウ・おな.じ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 同じ.

共同きょうどうcooperation同一どういつidentical同時どうじsame time同様どうようsame同僚どうりょうcoworker同士どうしfellow同志どうしlike-mindedness同どうthe same合同ごうどうcombination同格どうかくthe same rank混同こんどうconfusion同調どうちょうconformity同等どうとうequality同封どうふうenclosing (e.g. with a letter)

Source: JMdict entry 1451750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.