JLPT N2 · い-adjective

懐かしい (natsukashii)

懐かしい (なつかしい, natsukashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “dear (old); fondly remembered”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: なつかしい
Romaji: natsukashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic · い-adjective

Example sentences

懐かしい１２小節のブルース。

There go the twelve bars blues.

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

Conjugation of 懐かしい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	懐かしい	なつかしい natsukashii
Negative	懐かしくない	なつかしくない natsukashikunai
Past	懐かしかった	なつかしかった natsukashikatta
Negative past	懐かしくなかった	なつかしくなかった natsukashikunakatta
Te-form	懐かしくて	なつかしくて natsukashikute
Adverb (~ku)	懐かしく	なつかしく natsukashiku
Conditional (~ba)	懐かしければ	なつかしければ natsukashikereba

Kanji in 懐かしい

懐

feelings, heart, yearnカイ・エ・ふところ・なつ.かしい · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 懐かしい.

懐くなつくto become attached (to)

Source: JMdict entry 1200490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.