JLPT N4 · い-adjective

浅い (asai)

浅い (あさい, asai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “shallow; superficial”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あさい
Romaji: asai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

shallow; superficial · い-adjective
slight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge) · い-adjective
short (time); early; young · い-adjective

Example sentences

この川はあそこで浅くなっている。

This river becomes shallow at that point.

Tatoeba #220819

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

Conjugation of 浅い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	浅い	あさい asai
Negative	浅くない	あさくない asakunai
Past	浅かった	あさかった asakatta
Negative past	浅くなかった	あさくなかった asakunakatta
Te-form	浅くて	あさくて asakute
Adverb (~ku)	浅く	あさく asaku
Conditional (~ba)	浅ければ	あさければ asakereba

Kanji in 浅い

浅

shallow, superficial, frivolousセン・あさ.い · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 浅い.

浅ましいあさましいwretched

Source: JMdict entry 1390800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.