JLPT N3 · な-adjective

慎重 (shinchou)

慎重 (しんちょう, shinchou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “careful; cautious”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しんちょう
Romaji: shinchou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

裁判官には慎重さがなくてはならない。

Discretion is proper to judges.

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

Conjugation of 慎重

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	慎重だ	しんちょうだ shinchouda
Present (polite)	慎重です	しんちょうです shinchoudesu
Negative	慎重じゃない	しんちょうじゃない shinchoujanai
Past	慎重だった	しんちょうだった shinchoudatta
Negative past	慎重じゃなかった	しんちょうじゃなかった shinchoujanakatta
Te-form	慎重で	しんちょうで shinchoude
Before a noun	慎重な	しんちょうな shinchouna
Adverb (~ni)	慎重に	しんちょうに shinchouni

Kanji in 慎重

慎

humility, be careful, discreetシン・つつし.む・つつ.ましい · 13 strokes

重

heavy, important, esteemジュウ・チョウ・え・おも.い · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 慎重.

重いおもいheavy重視じゅうしregarding as important重体じゅうたいserious condition重大じゅうだいserious重要じゅうようimportant貴重きちょうprecious尊重そんちょうrespect体重たいじゅう(body) weight重なるかさなるto be piled up重ねるかさねるto pile up厳重げんじゅうstrict重点じゅうてんimportant point重役じゅうやく(company) director重量じゅうりょうweight

Source: JMdict entry 1361110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.