JLPT N1 · な-adjective

滑稽 (kokkei)

滑稽 (こっけい, kokkei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “funny; comical”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こっけい
Romaji: kokkei
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

funny; comical; humorous; laughable · な-adjective, noun
ridiculous; silly; absurd · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

彼はこっけいな性質の人だ。

He is of a humorous turn of mind.

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

Conjugation of 滑稽

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	滑稽だ	こっけいだ kokkeida
Present (polite)	滑稽です	こっけいです kokkeidesu
Negative	滑稽じゃない	こっけいじゃない kokkeijanai
Past	滑稽だった	こっけいだった kokkeidatta
Negative past	滑稽じゃなかった	こっけいじゃなかった kokkeijanakatta
Te-form	滑稽で	こっけいで kokkeide
Before a noun	滑稽な	こっけいな kokkeina
Adverb (~ni)	滑稽に	こっけいに kokkeini

Kanji in 滑稽

滑

slippery, slide, slipカツ・コツ・すべ.る・なめ.らか · 13 strokes

稽

think, considerケイ・かんが.える・とど.める · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 滑稽.

滑るすべるto slide円滑えんかつsmooth滑らかなめらかsmooth (of a surface)稽古けいこpractice

Source: JMdict entry 1208660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.