JLPT N3 · な-adjective

様々 (samazama)

様々 (さまざま, samazama) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “various; varied”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さまざま
Romaji: samazama
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

庭には様々な花が咲き乱れていた。

The garden was a riot of color.

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

Conjugation of 様々

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	様々だ	さまざまだ samazamada
Present (polite)	様々です	さまざまです samazamadesu
Negative	様々じゃない	さまざまじゃない samazamajanai
Past	様々だった	さまざまだった samazamadatta
Negative past	様々じゃなかった	さまざまじゃなかった samazamajanakatta
Te-form	様々で	さまざまで samazamade
Before a noun	様々な	さまざまな samazamana
Adverb (~ni)	様々に	さまざまに samazamani

Kanji in 様々

様

Esq., way, mannerヨウ・ショウ・さま・さん · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 様々.

様さまMr様ようappearing ...王様おうさまking模様もようpattern様子ようすstate (of affairs)同様どうようsame仕様しようway神様かみさまGodご苦労様ごくろうさまthank you (for your hard work)逆様さかさまinverted殿様とのさまnobleman一様いちようuniform多様たようdiverse様式ようしきstyle

Source: JMdict entry 1593830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.