JLPT N2 · い-adjective

四角い (shikakui)

四角い (しかくい, shikakui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “square; rectangular”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しかくい
Romaji
shikakui
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. square; rectangular · い-adjective

Example sentences

必要なのは四角いテーブルで、円卓ではない。
We need a square table, not a round one.

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

Conjugation of 四角い

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present四角いしかくい shikakui
Negative四角くないしかくくない shikakukunai
Past四角かったしかくかった shikakukatta
Negative past四角くなかったしかくくなかった shikakukunakatta
Te-form四角くてしかくくて shikakukute
Adverb (~ku)四角くしかくく shikakuku
Conditional (~ba)四角ければしかくければ shikakukereba

Kanji in 四角い

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 四角い.

Source: JMdict entry 1307100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.