JLPT N1 · な-adjective

有望 (yuubou)

有望 (ゆうぼう, yuubou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “promising; hopeful”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆうぼう
Romaji: yuubou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

promising; hopeful; full of promise · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

彼女は有望な仕事に就いている。

She has a job with good prospects.

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

Conjugation of 有望

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	有望だ	ゆうぼうだ yuubouda
Present (polite)	有望です	ゆうぼうです yuuboudesu
Negative	有望じゃない	ゆうぼうじゃない yuuboujanai
Past	有望だった	ゆうぼうだった yuuboudatta
Negative past	有望じゃなかった	ゆうぼうじゃなかった yuuboujanakatta
Te-form	有望で	ゆうぼうで yuuboude
Before a noun	有望な	ゆうぼうな yuubouna
Adverb (~ni)	有望に	ゆうぼうに yuubouni

Kanji in 有望

有

possess, have, existユウ・ウ・あ.る · 6 strokes

望

ambition, full moon, hopeボウ・モウ・のぞ.む・もち · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 有望.

有るあるto be有名ゆうめいfamous有無うむexistence or nonexistence有効ゆうこうvalid有能ゆうのうable有利ゆうりadvantageous有機ゆうきorganic有料ゆうりょうfee-charging有難いありがたいgrateful有ゆうexistence国有こくゆうnational ownership固有こゆうcharacteristic (of)特有とくゆうcharacteristic (of)所有しょゆうpossession

Source: JMdict entry 1541600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.