JLPT N1 · な-adjective

柔軟 (juunan)

柔軟 (じゅうなん, juunan) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “flexible; lithe”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
じゅうなん
Romaji
juunan
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. flexible; lithe; soft; pliable · な-adjective, noun
  2. calisthenics · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

考え方は柔軟でなければならない。
You must be flexible in your thinking.

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

Conjugation of 柔軟

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)柔軟だじゅうなんだ juunanda
Present (polite)柔軟ですじゅうなんです juunandesu
Negative柔軟じゃないじゅうなんじゃない juunanjanai
Past柔軟だったじゅうなんだった juunandatta
Negative past柔軟じゃなかったじゅうなんじゃなかった juunanjanakatta
Te-form柔軟でじゅうなんで juunande
Before a noun柔軟なじゅうなんな juunanna
Adverb (~ni)柔軟にじゅうなんに juunanni

Kanji in 柔軟

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 柔軟.

Source: JMdict entry 1335480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.