JLPT N1 · な-adjective

活発 (kappatsu)

活発 (かっぱつ, kappatsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “lively; active”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かっぱつ
Romaji: kappatsu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

私たちはとても活発な討論をした。

We had a very vigorous debate.

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

Conjugation of 活発

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	活発だ	かっぱつだ kappatsuda
Present (polite)	活発です	かっぱつです kappatsudesu
Negative	活発じゃない	かっぱつじゃない kappatsujanai
Past	活発だった	かっぱつだった kappatsudatta
Negative past	活発じゃなかった	かっぱつじゃなかった kappatsujanakatta
Te-form	活発で	かっぱつで kappatsude
Before a noun	活発な	かっぱつな kappatsuna
Adverb (~ni)	活発に	かっぱつに kappatsuni

Kanji in 活発

活

lively, resuscitation, being helpedカツ・い.きる・い.かす · 9 strokes

発

departure, discharge, publishハツ・ホツ・た.つ・あば.く · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 活発.

生活せいかつlife活気かっきenergy活動かつどうactivity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.)活躍かつやくactivity (esp. energetic or successful)活用かつようpractical use活字かつじ(piece of) type活力かつりょくvitality復活ふっかつrevival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.)発音はつおんpronunciation出発しゅっぱつdeparture爆発ばくはつexplosion発見はっけんdiscovery発行はっこうpublication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.)発車はっしゃdeparture (of a train, car, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1208410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.