JLPT N3 · な-adjective

正式 (seishiki)

正式 (せいしき, seishiki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “formal; official”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
せいしき
Romaji
seishiki
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. formal; official; regular; proper; legal · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

彼女の服装は正式なパーティーでは場違いだった。
Her clothes were out of place at a formal party.

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

Conjugation of 正式

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)正式だせいしきだ seishikida
Present (polite)正式ですせいしきです seishikidesu
Negative正式じゃないせいしきじゃない seishikijanai
Past正式だったせいしきだった seishikidatta
Negative past正式じゃなかったせいしきじゃなかった seishikijanakatta
Te-form正式でせいしきで seishikide
Before a noun正式なせいしきな seishikina
Adverb (~ni)正式にせいしきに seishikini

Kanji in 正式

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 正式.

Source: JMdict entry 1377290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.