JLPT N2 · い-adjective

有難い (arigatai)

有難い (ありがたい, arigatai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “grateful; thankful”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ありがたい
Romaji: arigatai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

どんなインプットでもいただければありがたいです。

Any input would be appreciated!

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

Conjugation of 有難い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	有難い	ありがたい arigatai
Negative	有難くない	ありがたくない arigatakunai
Past	有難かった	ありがたかった arigatakatta
Negative past	有難くなかった	ありがたくなかった arigatakunakatta
Te-form	有難くて	ありがたくて arigatakute
Adverb (~ku)	有難く	ありがたく arigataku
Conditional (~ba)	有難ければ	ありがたければ arigatakereba

Kanji in 有難い

有

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

難

difficult, impossible, troubleナン・かた.い・-がた.い · 18 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 有難い.

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私有しゆうprivate ownership

Source: JMdict entry 1541560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.