JLPT N3 · な-adjective

当然 (touzen)

当然 (とうぜん, touzen) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “natural; right”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とうぜん
Romaji: touzen
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

natural; right; proper; just; reasonable · noun taking の, な-adjective
naturally; as a matter of course; rightly; deservedly; justly · adverb

Example sentences

彼が息子の自慢をするのは当然だ。

It is only natural that he be proud of his son.

Tatoeba #119685

ボルボ衝突したので、うちの車の方が当然ひどい目にあった。

In the collision with a Volvo, our car naturally got the worst of it.

Tatoeba #195939

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

Conjugation of 当然

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	当然だ	とうぜんだ touzenda
Present (polite)	当然です	とうぜんです touzendesu
Negative	当然じゃない	とうぜんじゃない touzenjanai
Past	当然だった	とうぜんだった touzendatta
Negative past	当然じゃなかった	とうぜんじゃなかった touzenjanakatta
Te-form	当然で	とうぜんで touzende
Before a noun	当然な	とうぜんな touzenna
Adverb (~ni)	当然に	とうぜんに touzenni

Kanji in 当然

当

hit, right, appropriateトウ・あ.たる・あ.たり · 6 strokes

然

sort of thing, so, if soゼン・ネン・しか・しか.り · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 当然.

本当ほんとうtruthお弁当おべんとうbento適当てきとうsuitable見当けんとうestimate当りあたりhit相当そうとうcorresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.)担当たんとうbeing in charge (of an area of responsibility)当時とうじat that time弁当べんとうbento本当ほんとtruth当たるあたるto be hit当てるあてるto hit当たり前あたりまえnatural妥当だとうvalid

Source: JMdict entry 1449190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.