JLPT N5 · い-adjective

甘い (amai)

甘い (あまい, amai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “sweet-tasting; sweet”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あまい
Romaji: amai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared · い-adjective
fragrant (smelling); sweet (music) · い-adjective
lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy · い-adjective
indulgent; lenient; soft (on); easy-going; generous · い-adjective
naive; overly optimistic; simplistic · い-adjective

Example sentences

このチョコレートはとっても甘くておいしい。

This chocolate is very sweet and tasty.

Tatoeba #223560

ゆりは甘い香りがする。

Lilies smell sweet.

Tatoeba #192930

メアリーにはつい甘くなってしまう。

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Mary.

Tatoeba #194851

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

Conjugation of 甘い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	甘い	あまい amai
Negative	甘くない	あまくない amakunai
Past	甘かった	あまかった amakatta
Negative past	甘くなかった	あまくなかった amakunakatta
Te-form	甘くて	あまくて amakute
Adverb (~ku)	甘く	あまく amaku
Conditional (~ba)	甘ければ	あまければ amakereba

Kanji in 甘い

甘

sweet, coax, pamperカン・あま.い・あま.える · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 甘い.

甘やかすあまやかすto pamper甘えるあまえるto behave like a spoiled child甘口あまくちsweet flavour

Source: JMdict entry 1213400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.