JLPT N2 · Verb

目立つ (medatsu)

目立つ (めだつ, medatsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be conspicuous; to stand out”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
めだつ
Romaji
medatsu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be conspicuous; to stand out · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

スーツを着て彼は目立っていた。
He was conspicuous in his suit.

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

Conjugation of 目立つ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary目立つめだつ medatsu
Polite (~masu)目立ちますめだちます medachimasu
Negative目立たないめだたない medatanai
Polite negative目立ちませんめだちません medachimasen
Past目立っためだった medatta
Polite past目立ちましためだちました medachimashita
Negative past目立たなかっためだたなかった medatanakatta
Te-form目立ってめだって medatte
Potential目立てるめだてる medateru
Passive目立たれるめだたれる medatareru
Causative目立たせるめだたせる medataseru
Volitional目立とうめだとう medatou
Imperative目立てめだて medate
Conditional (~ba)目立てばめだてば medateba

Kanji in 目立つ

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 目立つ.

Source: JMdict entry 1535700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.