I Love Kanji垂直 (suichoku)
垂直 (すいちょく, suichoku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “vertical”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- すいちょく
- Romaji
- suichoku
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- vertical · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
- perpendicular · な-adjective, noun, noun taking の
Example sentences
ヘリコプターは垂直に離陸し、着陸することができる。
A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up and down.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 垂直
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 垂直だ | すいちょくだ suichokuda |
| Present (polite) | 垂直です | すいちょくです suichokudesu |
| Negative | 垂直じゃない | すいちょくじゃない suichokujanai |
| Past | 垂直だった | すいちょくだった suichokudatta |
| Negative past | 垂直じゃなかった | すいちょくじゃなかった suichokujanakatta |
| Te-form | 垂直で | すいちょくで suichokude |
| Before a noun | 垂直な | すいちょくな suichokuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 垂直に | すいちょくに suichokuni |
Kanji in 垂直
垂
droop, suspend, hangスイ・た.れる・た.らす · 8 strokes直
straightaway, honesty, franknessチョク・ジキ・ただ.ちに・なお.す · 8 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 垂直.
垂れるたれるto hang直るなおるto get mended直すなおすto repair直じきsoon直にじかにdirectly正直しょうじきhonest直接ちょくせつdirect直ちにただちにat once素直すなおobedient卒直そっちょくfrank率直そっちょくfrank直後ちょくごimmediately following直線ちょくせんstraight line直前ちょくぜんjust before
Source: JMdict entry 1370980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.