JLPT N5 · な-adjective

大切 (taisetsu)

大切 (たいせつ, taisetsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “important; significant”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
たいせつ
Romaji
taisetsu
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. important; significant; serious; crucial · な-adjective
  2. precious; valuable; dear; cherished; beloved · な-adjective
  3. careful · な-adjective · usu. adverbially as ~に

Example sentences

柔道では力より技のほうが大切である。
In judo, technique is more important than strength.
大切なものはここに置かないで下さい。
Please don't leave valuable things here.
私は古い本を大切に保存している。
I keep old books with care.

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

Conjugation of 大切

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)大切だたいせつだ taisetsuda
Present (polite)大切ですたいせつです taisetsudesu
Negative大切じゃないたいせつじゃない taisetsujanai
Past大切だったたいせつだった taisetsudatta
Negative past大切じゃなかったたいせつじゃなかった taisetsujanakatta
Te-form大切でたいせつで taisetsude
Before a noun大切なたいせつな taisetsuna
Adverb (~ni)大切にたいせつに taisetsuni

Kanji in 大切

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 大切.

Source: JMdict entry 1414340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.