JLPT N5 · い-adjective

強い (tsuyoi)

強い (つよい, tsuyoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “strong; potent”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つよい
Romaji: tsuyoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough · い-adjective
strong; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged · い-adjective
good (at); skilled; knowledgeable · い-adjective
being able to handle; know how to deal (with); durable (against); resistant (to); resilient · い-adjective · as ...に～
firm; rigid; solid · い-adjective

Example sentences

その釣り人は釣り糸に強い引きを感じた。

The angler felt a strong tug on the line.

Tatoeba #207720

象というものは強い動物である。

An elephant is a strong animal.

Tatoeba #146313

この布地は洗濯に強い。

This material will stand up to lots of washings.

Tatoeba #220072

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

Conjugation of 強い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	強い	つよい tsuyoi
Negative	強くない	つよくない tsuyokunai
Past	強かった	つよかった tsuyokatta
Negative past	強くなかった	つよくなかった tsuyokunakatta
Te-form	強くて	つよくて tsuyokute
Adverb (~ku)	強く	つよく tsuyoku
Conditional (~ba)	強ければ	つよければ tsuyokereba

Kanji in 強い

強

strongキョウ・ゴウ・つよ.い・つよ.まる · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 強い.

勉強べんきょうstudy強調きょうちょうemphasis強力きょうりょくpowerful強盗ごうとうrobber強まるつよまるto get strong強めるつよめるto strengthen強化きょうかstrengthening強引ごういんoverbearing強気つよきconfident力強いちからづよいpowerful強行きょうこうforcing (e.g. a vote)強硬きょうこうfirm強制きょうせいcompulsion強烈きょうれつstrong

Source: JMdict entry 1236070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.