JLPT N5 · い-adjective

忙しい (isogashii)

忙しい (いそがしい, isogashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “busy; occupied”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いそがしい
Romaji: isogashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

busy; occupied; hectic · い-adjective
restless; hurried; fidgety · い-adjective

Example sentences

あいつはのらりくらりの仕事にお忙しい事だ。

He is busy loafing on the job.

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

Conjugation of 忙しい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	忙しい	いそがしい isogashii
Negative	忙しくない	いそがしくない isogashikunai
Past	忙しかった	いそがしかった isogashikatta
Negative past	忙しくなかった	いそがしくなかった isogashikunakatta
Te-form	忙しくて	いそがしくて isogashikute
Adverb (~ku)	忙しく	いそがしく isogashiku
Conditional (~ba)	忙しければ	いそがしければ isogashikereba

Kanji in 忙しい

忙

busy, occupied, restlessボウ・モウ・いそが.しい・せわ.しい · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 忙しい.

多忙たぼうbeing very busy

Source: JMdict entry 1519290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.